Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... thought of for their re- lief . 16. A little room adjoining the hall is used as a place for storing guns and ammunition . 17. He received a tribute that is in every way suited to recompense him for his benevolence to all men everywhere ...
... thought of for their re- lief . 16. A little room adjoining the hall is used as a place for storing guns and ammunition . 17. He received a tribute that is in every way suited to recompense him for his benevolence to all men everywhere ...
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... thoughts— " your book does n't tell about John ? " " No , ma'am , it tells of a fairy old Who lived in a daffodil bell , And who had a ... thought— “ Not a word about John ? ” " But , grandam " - ' Nay , for TRANSFORMATION OF ELEMENTS . 71.
... thoughts— " your book does n't tell about John ? " " No , ma'am , it tells of a fairy old Who lived in a daffodil bell , And who had a ... thought— “ Not a word about John ? ” " But , grandam " - ' Nay , for TRANSFORMATION OF ELEMENTS . 71.
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... was convincing proof that he was the thief . " The phrase , however , is briefer , and is often needed to express a thought by means of a simple sentence . same case as the subject of the verb which it 78 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC .
... was convincing proof that he was the thief . " The phrase , however , is briefer , and is often needed to express a thought by means of a simple sentence . same case as the subject of the verb which it 78 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC .
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... thought it to be me . Whom do you think it to be ? RULE VII . — A noun or pronoun in apposition is put in the same case as the noun it modifies . Thus : Will you dishonor your mother , her who is your best friend ? Ask the murderer ...
... thought it to be me . Whom do you think it to be ? RULE VII . — A noun or pronoun in apposition is put in the same case as the noun it modifies . Thus : Will you dishonor your mother , her who is your best friend ? Ask the murderer ...
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... thought it wrong to interfere , " not , " to have interfered . " 2. Present Perfect Tense . - When the dependent in- finitive expresses an act or condition prior to that of the principal verb , it must be in the present perfect tense ...
... thought it wrong to interfere , " not , " to have interfered . " 2. Present Perfect Tense . - When the dependent in- finitive expresses an act or condition prior to that of the principal verb , it must be in the present perfect tense ...
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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