Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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Seite 96
... manner of tangled curves . There is one curious thing . It is in the construction of this diminutive insect . The insect possesses two pairs of eyes . These eyes are placed in a peculiar way . The insect floats along . It is enabled to ...
... manner of tangled curves . There is one curious thing . It is in the construction of this diminutive insect . The insect possesses two pairs of eyes . These eyes are placed in a peculiar way . The insect floats along . It is enabled to ...
Seite 106
... manner , with the pauses falling at equal intervals , should never follow one another . Short sentences should be intermixed with long and swelling ones , to render dis- course sprightly as well as magnificent . Even discords , properly ...
... manner , with the pauses falling at equal intervals , should never follow one another . Short sentences should be intermixed with long and swelling ones , to render dis- course sprightly as well as magnificent . Even discords , properly ...
Seite 120
... manner in which variety can be secured . No rule can be given for such recasting ; practice alone will enable the writer to express the idea in different forms . The following illustration exemplifies this method of variation ...
... manner in which variety can be secured . No rule can be given for such recasting ; practice alone will enable the writer to express the idea in different forms . The following illustration exemplifies this method of variation ...
Seite 132
... manner in which it is presented . The same facts which , when stated by one , gain the understanding and affections , will , as shown by another , produce weariness and disgust . To give our thoughts their full and just expression is ...
... manner in which it is presented . The same facts which , when stated by one , gain the understanding and affections , will , as shown by another , produce weariness and disgust . To give our thoughts their full and just expression is ...
Seite 139
... up , as a house is built , but now it is applied only to mental improvement . " Station " was used for the manner of standing , posture ; now it means place . " Admire " once meant to wonder at , but now it means only STYLE . 139.
... up , as a house is built , but now it is applied only to mental improvement . " Station " was used for the manner of standing , posture ; now it means place . " Admire " once meant to wonder at , but now it means only STYLE . 139.
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acatalectic adjective clause adverbial clause ALICE CARY Anapestic antecedent beautiful birds called comma complex sentence composition compound sentence conjunctive adverb connected dependent clause DIRECTION discourse earth English examples EXERCISE express eyes feeling figure flowers following sentences give grandam hand hath heard heart heaven hence honor hope iambic iambic pentameter Inchcape Inchcape Rock kind King language light live look Lord meaning merry metaphor Metonymy mind modifies nature never night noun noun clause o'er object paragraph participle person phrases poem poetry predicate principal pronoun proposition prose punctuation Rhetoric rhyme rock RULE sail sense simile simple sentences sometimes soul sound speak statement style subordinate conjunction sweet syllables Synecdoche T. B. ALDRICH tell tences tetrameter thee things thou thought tion topics trees trochaic truth verb verse voice wind words writer
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Seite 278 - Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper ? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted ; neither turneth he back from the sword.
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 116 - Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery. By torch and trumpet fast arrayed, Each horseman drew his battle-blade, And furious every charger neighed, To join the dreadful revelry.
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 249 - He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the toils which to those summits led.
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 299 - PRAISE ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens : Praise him in the heights. Praise ye him, all his angels : Praise ye him, all his hosts. Praise ye him, sun and moon : Praise him, all ye stars of light.
Seite 364 - SWEET and low, sweet and low, Wind of the western sea, Low, low, breathe and blow, Wind of the western sea ! Over the rolling waters go, Come from the dying moon, and blow, Blow him again to me ; While my little one, while my pretty one, sleeps. Sleep and rest, sleep and rest, Father will come to thee soon ; Rest, rest, on mother's breast, Father will come to thee soon ; Father will come to his babe in the nest, Silver sails all out of the west Under the silver moon : Sleep, my little one, sleep,...