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... as shall not only denote our meaning , but also connote the emotions we have in mind Tropes , — figures of speech , — which carry the process of forcible selection one step further , and actually name a connotation , CONTENTS . ix.
... as shall not only denote our meaning , but also connote the emotions we have in mind Tropes , — figures of speech , — which carry the process of forcible selection one step further , and actually name a connotation , CONTENTS . ix.
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... would show a series of figures , each of which might have been described all along as an ex- quisite or a man of fashion ; but for each of which , as it appears specifically different from the rest , a new 24 ENGLISH COMPOSITION .
... would show a series of figures , each of which might have been described all along as an ex- quisite or a man of fashion ; but for each of which , as it appears specifically different from the rest , a new 24 ENGLISH COMPOSITION .
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... proof against the charms of the unfamiliar . Not long ago I found in the work of an admirably but modernly trained American an elaborate figure about the fate of Phaeton , whom a classical dictionary con- 48 ENGLISH COMPOSITION .
... proof against the charms of the unfamiliar . Not long ago I found in the work of an admirably but modernly trained American an elaborate figure about the fate of Phaeton , whom a classical dictionary con- 48 ENGLISH COMPOSITION .
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... figure he is first literal in the second line and the third , and then in the fourth line he adds a second figure to the first . Dropping for the sake of conven- ience the main metaphor , allowing the poet the license of general ...
... figure he is first literal in the second line and the third , and then in the fourth line he adds a second figure to the first . Dropping for the sake of conven- ience the main metaphor , allowing the poet the license of general ...
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... figure . If not , then we should discard it , not because it is an evil thing , but because it does not serve our purpose . - The conclusion we have reached that what kind of words we should choose , within the limits of good use ...
... figure . If not , then we should discard it , not because it is an evil thing , but because it does not serve our purpose . - The conclusion we have reached that what kind of words we should choose , within the limits of good use ...
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English Composition: Eight Lectures Given at the Lowell Institute Barrett Wendell Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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