Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... truth , there were many bad traits in the character of Queen Eliz- abeth . " The adjective phrase is one introduced by a word . used regularly as an adjective . Thus : " He was a man generous in all things " ; " His garden , 12 ...
... truth , there were many bad traits in the character of Queen Eliz- abeth . " The adjective phrase is one introduced by a word . used regularly as an adjective . Thus : " He was a man generous in all things " ; " His garden , 12 ...
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... truth , I was greatly to blame for my indiscretion . 13. To pull down the false and to build up the true , and to uphold what there is of true in the old , -let this be our endeavor . 14. Striving to make men contented is undertaking an ...
... truth , I was greatly to blame for my indiscretion . 13. To pull down the false and to build up the true , and to uphold what there is of true in the old , -let this be our endeavor . 14. Striving to make men contented is undertaking an ...
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... truths of the gospel ex- plained to them , you would think their acceptance of these truths cer- tain . * EXERCISE XXIII . DIRECTION . - Contract the following complex sentences into simple sentences , and tell the kind of phrase into ...
... truths of the gospel ex- plained to them , you would think their acceptance of these truths cer- tain . * EXERCISE XXIII . DIRECTION . - Contract the following complex sentences into simple sentences , and tell the kind of phrase into ...
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... truth , I was wrong . 17. Make me a cottage in the vale , where I may mourn and pray . 18. See how the morning opes her golden gates . 19. This is the beginning of civility . 20. ' Tis hard to find the right Homer . 21. My traveling ...
... truth , I was wrong . 17. Make me a cottage in the vale , where I may mourn and pray . 18. See how the morning opes her golden gates . 19. This is the beginning of civility . 20. ' Tis hard to find the right Homer . 21. My traveling ...
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... truth . 22. Let the first fruits of your intellect be laid before the altar of Him who breathed into your nostrils the breath of life ; and with that breath your immortal spirit . 23. God's angel , Sleep , with manifold Soft touches ...
... truth . 22. Let the first fruits of your intellect be laid before the altar of Him who breathed into your nostrils the breath of life ; and with that breath your immortal spirit . 23. God's angel , Sleep , with manifold Soft touches ...
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acatalectic accented adjective clause adverb adverbial clause Anapestic beauty birds called complex sentence composition compound sentence conjunction conjunctive adverb connected Dactylic dependent clause Dimeter DIRECTION discourse earth English examples EXERCISE expression eyes feeling feet figure flowers following sentences give hath heard heart heaven hence honor hope iambic iambic pentameter idea Inchcape Inchcape Rock kind King language light live look Lord meaning metaphor meter Metonymy mind modifies Monometer nature never night noun o'er object participle person phrases poem poetry predicate principal pronoun proposition prose rhyme Richard Penderell RULE sail Saxon sense simile simple sentence snow sometimes soul sound speak speech stanza statement stood style sublime subordinate conjunction sweet syllables Synecdoche T. B. ALDRICH tences tetrameter thee things thou thought tion trees trochaic truth verb verse voice wind words writer
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Seite 345 - Though the night be dark and dreary, Darkness cannot hide from Thee : Thou art He who, never weary, Watchest where Thy people be.
Seite 103 - The Western wind was wild and dank with foam, And all alone went she. The creeping tide came up along the sand, And o'er and o'er the sand, And round and round the sand, As far as eye could see; The blinding mist came down and hid the land; And never home came she.
Seite 279 - He made darkness his secret place ; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Seite 332 - The sober herd that low'd to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school...
Seite 237 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Seite 245 - Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
Seite 376 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.
Seite 116 - When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Seite 284 - The sky is changed ! — and such a change ! Oh night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman ! Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder ! Not from one lone cloud, But every mountain now hath found a tongue, And Jura answers, through her misty shroud, Back to the joyous Alps, who call to her aloud!
Seite 254 - Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head, And with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord.