Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... Hope appeared smiling ” ; “ I saw a man laughing . " ( 4 ) The principal word of a prepositional phrase ; as , " By taking pains , you will succeed . " ( 5 ) The principal word in a phrase used as a comple- ment ; as , " Excuse my ...
... Hope appeared smiling ” ; “ I saw a man laughing . " ( 4 ) The principal word of a prepositional phrase ; as , " By taking pains , you will succeed . " ( 5 ) The principal word in a phrase used as a comple- ment ; as , " Excuse my ...
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... hope . 12. The glow showed him a figure . The figure was shown by the fire's glow . It was a wood fire . The glow was a dull red . The fig- ure was seated . It had its back to him . The figure sat on the hearth . It bent over the light ...
... hope . 12. The glow showed him a figure . The figure was shown by the fire's glow . It was a wood fire . The glow was a dull red . The fig- ure was seated . It had its back to him . The figure sat on the hearth . It bent over the light ...
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... hope . Deferred hope makes the heart sick . · EXERCISE XI . DIRECTION . — Separate the following complex sentences into the different statements contained in them : I. In the month of July , when the grass on the meadow was long , many ...
... hope . Deferred hope makes the heart sick . · EXERCISE XI . DIRECTION . — Separate the following complex sentences into the different statements contained in them : I. In the month of July , when the grass on the meadow was long , many ...
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... Hope is the dream of a waking man . II . In a laughing manner , they accept my reflections . 12. Our actions disclose the secret in the heart . 13. A strong mind , in all cases , hopes . 14. A fine day is commended by every one . 15 ...
... Hope is the dream of a waking man . II . In a laughing manner , they accept my reflections . 12. Our actions disclose the secret in the heart . 13. A strong mind , in all cases , hopes . 14. A fine day is commended by every one . 15 ...
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... Hope , which is the star of life , never sets . 12. When the boy had completed his task , he went to play . 13. He has lost the book which I gave him . 14. The book that was lost has been found . 15. Wherever they marched , their route ...
... Hope , which is the star of life , never sets . 12. When the boy had completed his task , he went to play . 13. He has lost the book which I gave him . 14. The book that was lost has been found . 15. Wherever they marched , their route ...
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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