Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and ConstructionAmerican Book Company, 1889 - 416 Seiten |
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... many bad traits in the character of Queen Eliz- abeth . " The adjective phrase is one introduced by a word . used regularly as an adjective . Thus : " He was a man generous in all things " ; " His garden , 12 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC .
... many bad traits in the character of Queen Eliz- abeth . " The adjective phrase is one introduced by a word . used regularly as an adjective . Thus : " He was a man generous in all things " ; " His garden , 12 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC .
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With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and Construction Virginia Waddy. generous in all things " ; " His garden ... thing spoken of in exclamatory phrases ; as , “ O their dreadful end ! " or of a noun with a limiting adjective or ...
With Copious Exercises in Both Criticism and Construction Virginia Waddy. generous in all things " ; " His garden ... thing spoken of in exclamatory phrases ; as , “ O their dreadful end ! " or of a noun with a limiting adjective or ...
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... thing without which the antecedent is incomplete or unde- fined . " are The principal cases where " who " and " " which ... things , its use may be somewhat ambiguous when the antecedent does not express which is meant . This is the case ...
... thing without which the antecedent is incomplete or unde- fined . " are The principal cases where " who " and " " which ... things , its use may be somewhat ambiguous when the antecedent does not express which is meant . This is the case ...
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... things . EXERCISE V. DIRECTION . - Point out and classify the adjective clauses in the following sen- tences , and tell what they modify . In cases where the restrictive relative " that " is not used to introduce restrictive relative ...
... things . EXERCISE V. DIRECTION . - Point out and classify the adjective clauses in the following sen- tences , and tell what they modify . In cases where the restrictive relative " that " is not used to introduce restrictive relative ...
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... things in Mr. Upham's book . Parris was the minister of Salem village . In the household of Parris three children began their tricks . These children became ac- cusers and witnesses . They became such under the assumed posses- sion of ...
... things in Mr. Upham's book . Parris was the minister of Salem village . In the household of Parris three children began their tricks . These children became ac- cusers and witnesses . They became such under the assumed posses- sion of ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
acatalectic accented adjective clause adverb adverbial clause Anapestic beauty birds called complex sentence composition compound sentence conjunction conjunctive adverb connected Dactylic dependent clause Dimeter DIRECTION discourse earth English examples EXERCISE expression eyes feeling feet figure flowers following sentences give hath heard heart heaven hence honor hope iambic iambic pentameter idea Inchcape Inchcape Rock kind King language light live look Lord meaning metaphor meter Metonymy mind modifies Monometer nature never night noun o'er object participle person phrases poem poetry predicate principal pronoun proposition prose rhyme Richard Penderell RULE sail Saxon sense simile simple sentence snow sometimes soul sound speak speech stanza statement stood style sublime subordinate conjunction sweet syllables Synecdoche T. B. ALDRICH tences tetrameter thee things thou thought tion trees trochaic truth verb verse voice wind words writer
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Seite 345 - Though the night be dark and dreary, Darkness cannot hide from Thee : Thou art He who, never weary, Watchest where Thy people be.
Seite 103 - The Western wind was wild and dank with foam, And all alone went she. The creeping tide came up along the sand, And o'er and o'er the sand, And round and round the sand, As far as eye could see; The blinding mist came down and hid the land; And never home came she.
Seite 279 - He made darkness his secret place ; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Seite 332 - The sober herd that low'd to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school...
Seite 237 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Seite 245 - Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
Seite 376 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.
Seite 116 - When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Seite 284 - The sky is changed ! — and such a change ! Oh night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman ! Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder ! Not from one lone cloud, But every mountain now hath found a tongue, And Jura answers, through her misty shroud, Back to the joyous Alps, who call to her aloud!
Seite 254 - Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head, And with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord.