Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... fall . " A participle or a participial phrase may be brought into the sentence and become : ( 1 ) A subject ; as , " Dying for a principle is a high de- gree of virtue . " ( 2 ) An adjective modifier ; as , " Flowers , withering , soon ...
... fall . " A participle or a participial phrase may be brought into the sentence and become : ( 1 ) A subject ; as , " Dying for a principle is a high de- gree of virtue . " ( 2 ) An adjective modifier ; as , " Flowers , withering , soon ...
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... falls be 3. The chase did not end till . 4. Are friends as numerous in adversity 5. When . be not terrified . 6. The Romans took Cincinnatus from the plow , that . 7. Foul deeds will rise . . 8. He calls pleasure the bait of evil ...
... falls be 3. The chase did not end till . 4. Are friends as numerous in adversity 5. When . be not terrified . 6. The Romans took Cincinnatus from the plow , that . 7. Foul deeds will rise . . 8. He calls pleasure the bait of evil ...
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... fall upon the ear . They produce a sensation of inexpressible solemnity . All else is still at midnight . 2. Only one sound fell upon the ear . That sound was the steady step of the camel . Its feet were crunching through the hard crust ...
... fall upon the ear . They produce a sensation of inexpressible solemnity . All else is still at midnight . 2. Only one sound fell upon the ear . That sound was the steady step of the camel . Its feet were crunching through the hard crust ...
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... fall was broken by the efforts of Pizarro . His fall was also broken by the efforts of some other of the cavaliers . They caught him in their arms . II . At break of day the kind people saw all the country under water . The country ...
... fall was broken by the efforts of Pizarro . His fall was also broken by the efforts of some other of the cavaliers . They caught him in their arms . II . At break of day the kind people saw all the country under water . The country ...
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... fall . 18. If things go on in this way , a gentleman will not be able to speak his own mind . 19. The people could not refrain from capering if they heard the sound of a fiddle . 20. The Mohammedan lives as the Koran directs . 21. He ...
... fall . 18. If things go on in this way , a gentleman will not be able to speak his own mind . 19. The people could not refrain from capering if they heard the sound of a fiddle . 20. The Mohammedan lives as the Koran directs . 21. He ...
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acatalectic accented adjective clause adverb adverbial clause Anapestic beautiful birds called comma complex sentence composition compound sentence conjunction conjunctive adverb connected Dactylic dependent clause Dimeter DIRECTION discourse earth English examples EXERCISE expression eyes feeling feet flowers following sentences give hath heard heart heaven hence honor hope iambic iambic pentameter Inchcape Inchcape Rock interrogation kind king language letter light live look Lord meaning meter Metonymy mind modifies Monometer nature never night noun o'er object paragraph participle person phrases poem poetry predicate principal pronoun proposition prose punctuation Rhetoric rhyme RULE sail Saxon sense simple sentences snow sometimes soul sound speak stanza statement 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