Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... months old . The President of the United States Two honest tradesmen . • In the flower of youth and beauty , she King John of France was led in Montcalm , fighting gallantly at the head of the French THE SIMPLE SENTENCE . 13.
... months old . The President of the United States Two honest tradesmen . • In the flower of youth and beauty , she King John of France was led in Montcalm , fighting gallantly at the head of the French THE SIMPLE SENTENCE . 13.
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... head of the French , Patrick Henry , styled by his contemporaries the " Orator of Nat- ure , " Tea and coffee , for a long time used only as luxuries , The gleaming rushes . After walking at a brisk pace for half an hour , he General ...
... head of the French , Patrick Henry , styled by his contemporaries the " Orator of Nat- ure , " Tea and coffee , for a long time used only as luxuries , The gleaming rushes . After walking at a brisk pace for half an hour , he General ...
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... head . 15. This law is short , in order that it may be more easily understood by the ignorant . 3. A substantive , or noun , clause is a clause equiva- lent to a noun . A noun clause may be : ( 1 ) The subject of a verb ; as 26 ...
... head . 15. This law is short , in order that it may be more easily understood by the ignorant . 3. A substantive , or noun , clause is a clause equiva- lent to a noun . A noun clause may be : ( 1 ) The subject of a verb ; as 26 ...
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... heads of the Parisian dames . 7. We must sail sometimes with the wind . We must sail sometimes against it . We must do these things to reach the port of heaven . We must not drift . We must not lie at anchor . We must sail . 8. In ...
... heads of the Parisian dames . 7. We must sail sometimes with the wind . We must sail sometimes against it . We must do these things to reach the port of heaven . We must not drift . We must not lie at anchor . We must sail . 8. In ...
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... head would hover . ) Until - ah , can you guess the tale ? — The farmer came one morning , And took his coat down from the nail Without a word of warning ! Poor little frightened motherling ! Up from her nest she fluttered , And ...
... head would hover . ) Until - ah , can you guess the tale ? — The farmer came one morning , And took his coat down from the nail Without a word of warning ! Poor little frightened motherling ! Up from her nest she fluttered , And ...
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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