Exercises in Rhetoric and English Composition (advanced Course)W. Small, Lee and Shepard, 1893 - 222 Seiten |
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... attention . Growth in power and grace of expression goes hand in hand with growth in real knowledge - 1 Sculpture , music , painting , and architecture are frequently called Fine Arts , because they usually aim not only to express ...
... attention . Growth in power and grace of expression goes hand in hand with growth in real knowledge - 1 Sculpture , music , painting , and architecture are frequently called Fine Arts , because they usually aim not only to express ...
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... attention to it . The necessary requisites of a good letter are : I. That it should be legible . 2. That it should state definitely and conspicu- ously ( a ) where it was written , ( b ) when it was writ- ten , ( c ) by whom it was ...
... attention to it . The necessary requisites of a good letter are : I. That it should be legible . 2. That it should state definitely and conspicu- ously ( a ) where it was written , ( b ) when it was writ- ten , ( c ) by whom it was ...
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... attention to the student's work in this particular . The inexperienced writer finds it extremely difficult to think of enough to say even when his knowledge of a subject is large . The instructor should , if possible , go over at least ...
... attention to the student's work in this particular . The inexperienced writer finds it extremely difficult to think of enough to say even when his knowledge of a subject is large . The instructor should , if possible , go over at least ...
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... attention only by its lack of outward display of enthusiasm . In other words , it is a quiet campaign . " There have been printed in the columns of our news- papers criticisms on both the leading parties , there have been political ...
... attention only by its lack of outward display of enthusiasm . In other words , it is a quiet campaign . " There have been printed in the columns of our news- papers criticisms on both the leading parties , there have been political ...
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... attention , it will be found to be a plain consequence of what hath been observed above , that though any simile , allegory , or prosopopeia is capable of being translated ( and that even without losing any of its energy ) from one ...
... attention , it will be found to be a plain consequence of what hath been observed above , that though any simile , allegory , or prosopopeia is capable of being translated ( and that even without losing any of its energy ) from one ...
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Absalom Æneid Ahimaaz American Anglo-Saxon Aristotle authors beauty called Celt CHAPTER character clauses clear coherence common Cushi definite Dictionary difference Divine Comedy effect Elegance elements of style emotions emphasis English essay example expression faults feel following extracts following passages getic give habit halma hand idea idiom illustrations instance instructor interest king language Latin learning living logical long words loose sentence Lord matter means ment merely metaphor metonymy mind nation nature ness never Notice noun old Prussian Orpah paragraph Parliament periodic sentence persons Philistine phrases principles produced Professor pronouns punctuation reader Rembrandt Rhetoric rule schools senatorial courtesy sense short sentences simile solecisms speak speech student success sure synecdoche taste tence thee theme things thought tion unity unto Vanity Fair vocabulary whole composition WORDS versus writing young
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Seite 189 - Farewell ! a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes ; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him ; The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And, when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Seite 192 - Death closes all: but something ere the end, Some work of noble note, may yet be done, Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods. The lights begin to twinkle from the rocks: The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs: the deep Moans round with many voices.
Seite 185 - Habit is thus the enormous fly-wheel of society, its most precious conservative agent. It alone is what keeps us all within the bounds of ordinance, and saves the children of fortune from the envious uprisings of the poor.
Seite 60 - Then I saw in my dream, that when they were got out of the wilderness, they presently saw a town before them, and the name of that town is Vanity ; and at the town there is a fair kept, called Vanity Fair : it is kept all the year long ; it beareth the name of Vanity Fair, because the town where it is kept is lighter than vanity ; and also because all that is there sold, or that cometh thither, is vanity. As is the saying of the wise,
Seite 67 - And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone there is tidings in his mouth.
Seite 68 - Entreat me not to leave thee or to return from following after thee, for. whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge. Thy people shall be my people and thy God my God. Where thou diest will I die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Seite 103 - There too was she, the beautiful mother of a beautiful race, the Saint Cecilia, whose delicate features lighted up by love and music, art has rescued from the common decay.
Seite 68 - And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee : for whither thou goest, I will go ; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge : thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God : where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried : the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
Seite 185 - So with the man who has daily inured himself to habits of concentrated attention, energetic volition, and self-denial in unnecessary things. He will stand like a tower when everything rocks around him, and when his softer fellow-mortals are winnowed like chaff in the blast.
Seite 68 - All is well." And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, "Blessed be the Lord thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.