Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... better . MARY E. BRADLEY , in St. Nicholas . TOPICAL OUTLINE . Introduction . - The bird's search for shelter . Discussion . She flies into a granary . She finds the soft hollows in the farmer's coat . She builds a nest . Soon there ...
... better . MARY E. BRADLEY , in St. Nicholas . TOPICAL OUTLINE . Introduction . - The bird's search for shelter . Discussion . She flies into a granary . She finds the soft hollows in the farmer's coat . She builds a nest . Soon there ...
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... better seems idle . I believe him to be an honest man . Note the following errors : Let he who made thee , answer that . Let they who raise the spell , beware the Fiend . Will this matter bring both he and I to give up the lady ? Did ...
... better seems idle . I believe him to be an honest man . Note the following errors : Let he who made thee , answer that . Let they who raise the spell , beware the Fiend . Will this matter bring both he and I to give up the lady ? Did ...
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... better expressed by a clause contain- ing a finite verb ; as , " There was convincing proof of his being the thief " changed to , " There was convincing proof that he was the thief . " The phrase , however , is briefer , and is often ...
... better expressed by a clause contain- ing a finite verb ; as , " There was convincing proof of his being the thief " changed to , " There was convincing proof that he was the thief . " The phrase , however , is briefer , and is often ...
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... better " ; " Honor thy father and thy mother , if you would [ thou wouldst ] be blessed . " ( 2 ) In the union of different modes ; as , ' If a man have a hundred sheep , and one of them goes [ go ] astray , " etc .; " Had I spoken to ...
... better " ; " Honor thy father and thy mother , if you would [ thou wouldst ] be blessed . " ( 2 ) In the union of different modes ; as , ' If a man have a hundred sheep , and one of them goes [ go ] astray , " etc .; " Had I spoken to ...
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... better . 12. Thou art not the trustworthy person I hoped you were . 13. Time passes the slowest when we are unemployed . 14. I meant , when first I came , to have bought all Paris . 15. If you had have written , I would have been glad ...
... better . 12. Thou art not the trustworthy person I hoped you were . 13. Time passes the slowest when we are unemployed . 14. I meant , when first I came , to have bought all Paris . 15. If you had have written , I would have been glad ...
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accented adjective clause adverb adverbial clause Anapestic beautiful birds called complex sentence composition compound sentence conjunction conjunctive adverb connected dependent clause DIRECTION discourse earth English examples EXERCISE expression eyes feeling feet figure flowers following sentences give hand hath heard heart heaven hence honor hope iambic pentameter idea Inchcape Inchcape Rock kind King language light live look Lord meaning metaphor Metonymy mind modifies nature never night noun o'er object paragraph participle person phrases poetry predicate principal pronoun proposition prose punctuation Rhetoric rhyme Richard Penderell RULE sail Saxon sense simile simple sentence snow sometimes soul sound speak speech statement stood style sublime subordinate conjunction sweet syllables Synecdoche T. B. ALDRICH tences tetrameter thee things thou thought tion trees Trimeter trochaic truth verb verse voice wind words writer