Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... night - cloud had lowered , And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky . II . One bright laughing day , I threw down my book an hour sooner than usual , and with a lightness of foot and exhilaration of spirit I sallied out . 12 ...
... night - cloud had lowered , And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky . II . One bright laughing day , I threw down my book an hour sooner than usual , and with a lightness of foot and exhilaration of spirit I sallied out . 12 ...
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... night . 24. The leaves produced soft sounds in the air . 25. The dead man lay with his face turned upwards to the sky . 26. Now , all dames given to finding fault should know the story of Grandmother Hopeful , who bore , without murmur ...
... night . 24. The leaves produced soft sounds in the air . 25. The dead man lay with his face turned upwards to the sky . 26. Now , all dames given to finding fault should know the story of Grandmother Hopeful , who bore , without murmur ...
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... Night comes on in darkness and in storm ; the vessel drifts before the wind . They hear the breakers roar , but no sound of bell tells them of their danger . There comes a fearful shock ; the ship has struck the Inchcape Rock . The ...
... Night comes on in darkness and in storm ; the vessel drifts before the wind . They hear the breakers roar , but no sound of bell tells them of their danger . There comes a fearful shock ; the ship has struck the Inchcape Rock . The ...
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... night — ah me ! ” Sighed the grandam , looking at the sea . " Oh , no , it is n't a - going to rain ! ' Cries the dove - eyed little girl , Pressing her cheek to the window - pane And pulling her hair out of curl . But the grandam ...
... night — ah me ! ” Sighed the grandam , looking at the sea . " Oh , no , it is n't a - going to rain ! ' Cries the dove - eyed little girl , Pressing her cheek to the window - pane And pulling her hair out of curl . But the grandam ...
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... night like this , how long it would take For a strong - limbed lad to drown ! " ' But , grandam " - " Nay , have done , " she said , " With your fairy and her crown ! Besides , your arm upon my head Is heavy ; get you down ! " " O ma'am ...
... night like this , how long it would take For a strong - limbed lad to drown ! " ' But , grandam " - " Nay , have done , " she said , " With your fairy and her crown ! Besides , your arm upon my head Is heavy ; get you down ! " " O ma'am ...
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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