Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... sense . 9. Praying is contemplating the facts of life from the highest point of view . 10. To believe your own thought , to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men , -that is genius . 11. To tell all ...
... sense . 9. Praying is contemplating the facts of life from the highest point of view . 10. To believe your own thought , to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men , -that is genius . 11. To tell all ...
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... sense can often be 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 ...
... sense can often be 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 ...
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... sense of one ; as , " the terrestrial sphere " for " the earth , " " night's gentle radiance " for " the moon , " and similar expressions . In general , this mode of variation is not advisable , as the statement is likely to lose in ...
... sense of one ; as , " the terrestrial sphere " for " the earth , " " night's gentle radiance " for " the moon , " and similar expressions . In general , this mode of variation is not advisable , as the statement is likely to lose in ...
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... sense in as many different ways as possible : I. She resolved to become entirely free . 2. Fortune was still as unkind as ever . 3. The king was thoroughly alarmed at this invasion . 4. These successes did not long continue . 5. We ...
... sense in as many different ways as possible : I. She resolved to become entirely free . 2. Fortune was still as unkind as ever . 3. The king was thoroughly alarmed at this invasion . 4. These successes did not long continue . 5. We ...
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... sense it was once actually used ; as , " I prevented the dawning of the morning . " - Ps . 119 . " Your messenger prevented mine but an hour . " — Bishop Taylor . The accepted meaning of the word at the present time is to hinder ...
... sense it was once actually used ; as , " I prevented the dawning of the morning . " - Ps . 119 . " Your messenger prevented mine but an hour . " — Bishop Taylor . The accepted meaning of the word at the present time is to hinder ...
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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