Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... nature of the contraction : I. The shadow of the earth , in every position , is round ; conse- quently the earth is a globe . 2. Hatred stirreth up strifes , but love covereth all sins . 3. You must assist me , otherwise I can not ...
... nature of the contraction : I. The shadow of the earth , in every position , is round ; conse- quently the earth is a globe . 2. Hatred stirreth up strifes , but love covereth all sins . 3. You must assist me , otherwise I can not ...
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... nature that it can not be un- derstood . 2. Morning arose in splendor that was undimmed by clouds . 3. As was the historian , so were the auditors , given to asking ques- tions , apt to believe on slight evidence . 4. I have in life met ...
... nature that it can not be un- derstood . 2. Morning arose in splendor that was undimmed by clouds . 3. As was the historian , so were the auditors , given to asking ques- tions , apt to believe on slight evidence . 4. I have in life met ...
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... James and me . " " There is a child who I think deserves encouragement , " not , " There is a child whom I think , " etc. " He was by nature less ready than she , " not , " than her . " " As mad as they , " not , " ( 76 ) -CONCORD.
... James and me . " " There is a child who I think deserves encouragement , " not , " There is a child whom I think , " etc. " He was by nature less ready than she , " not , " than her . " " As mad as they , " not , " ( 76 ) -CONCORD.
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... Nature , partial Nature , I arraign , " not , " Thou , " etc. " Whom should I meet the other day but my old friend ? " not , ' Who should I meet , " etc. RULE III . — In an abridged proposition , if the verb be changed to an infinitive ...
... Nature , partial Nature , I arraign , " not , " Thou , " etc. " Whom should I meet the other day but my old friend ? " not , ' Who should I meet , " etc. RULE III . — In an abridged proposition , if the verb be changed to an infinitive ...
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... Nature to her tongue could measured numbers bring , Thus , thought I , to her lamb that little Maid might sing : “ What ails thee , young One ? what ? Why pull so at thy cord ? Is it not well with thee ? well both for bed and board ...
... Nature to her tongue could measured numbers bring , Thus , thought I , to her lamb that little Maid might sing : “ What ails thee , young One ? what ? Why pull so at thy cord ? Is it not well with thee ? well both for bed and board ...
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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