ENGLISH COMPOSITION1891 |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 88
Seite 1
... examples of many hundreds of inquiries . They have in common , as I have just said , the trait of concerning themselves almost wholly with matters of detail . They have too another trait : generally , if not invariably , they involve a ...
... examples of many hundreds of inquiries . They have in common , as I have just said , the trait of concerning themselves almost wholly with matters of detail . They have too another trait : generally , if not invariably , they involve a ...
Seite 8
... example is perhaps worth while . In choosing one from personal experience , I commit what many may call a positive sin of egotism . My defence must rest on what I have said already . Style is the expression in words of thought and ...
... example is perhaps worth while . In choosing one from personal experience , I commit what many may call a positive sin of egotism . My defence must rest on what I have said already . Style is the expression in words of thought and ...
Seite 12
... example , r , k , 8 - are very well fixed ; the sounds for which others stand -c , notably , and most of the vowels are various . But in almost any given case , a reasonably trained eye recognizes at a glance what sound a given mark ...
... example , r , k , 8 - are very well fixed ; the sounds for which others stand -c , notably , and most of the vowels are various . But in almost any given case , a reasonably trained eye recognizes at a glance what sound a given mark ...
Seite 15
... example , have sprung French , Italian , Spanish , Portuguese . But the numerous changes whose accumulation has separated and dis- tinguished these modern languages have all taken place by means of local and increasing differences in ...
... example , have sprung French , Italian , Spanish , Portuguese . But the numerous changes whose accumulation has separated and dis- tinguished these modern languages have all taken place by means of local and increasing differences in ...
Seite 22
... example or two of style that is national and present , but not reputable , and so not good , will make the matter clearer than all the generalization in the world . In Mr. Mallock's " New Republic , " you may remember , is a tale of how ...
... example or two of style that is national and present , but not reputable , and so not good , will make the matter clearer than all the generalization in the world . In Mr. Mallock's " New Republic , " you may remember , is a tale of how ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
English Composition: Eight Lectures Given at the Lowell Institute Barrett Wendell Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
English Composition: Eight Lectures Given at the Lowell Institute Barrett Wendell Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
apply beginning Ben Jonson better catch the eye chapter chief chiefly clause clear Comedy of Errors commonplace composed composition of paragraphs composition of sentences connectives consider course definite deliberate denotation and connotation discourse distinct effect elements of style English English language example express fact Fisher Ames glance grammar graph Harvard College human impression Jefferson Davis kind language Latin literature matter means Midsummer Night's Dream mind never notable number of words order of words ourselves palpable perhaps periodic periodic sentences phrase piece of style precisely pretty principle of Coherence principle of Mass principle of Unity principles of composition Publius Crassus purpose question reader relation remember Saxon scream Sejanus sense Shakspere short simple Sir Thomas Browne Solecism speech subtile suggest tell tence thing thought and emotion tion trait usage whoever whole compositions wish to produce writing written