Aids to English Composition, Prepared for Students of All Grades: Embracing Specimens and Examples of School and College Exercises, and Most of the Higher Departments of English Composition, Both in Prose and VerseHarper & Brothers, 1845 - 429 pages |
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... manner in which this volume is to be used , the author has only to say that he has not aimed at giving a regular and systematic course of instruction . Few teachers would probably follow any path that might be pointed out . It has not ...
... manner in which this volume is to be used , the author has only to say that he has not aimed at giving a regular and systematic course of instruction . Few teachers would probably follow any path that might be pointed out . It has not ...
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... The chimney , The parlors or drawing rooms The wash room , The bathing room , The inner doors , The wood shed , The closets , The kitchen , The out buildings . Exercises . In a similar manner enumerate the parts of 1 Objects and their ...
... The chimney , The parlors or drawing rooms The wash room , The bathing room , The inner doors , The wood shed , The closets , The kitchen , The out buildings . Exercises . In a similar manner enumerate the parts of 1 Objects and their ...
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... manner enumerate the parts of the following objects . A carriage . A ship . A sheep . A cat . A book . A kite . A church . A tree . A landscape . A cow . A school - room . A map . A horse . A clock . A watch . A goat . A dog . A picture ...
... manner enumerate the parts of the following objects . A carriage . A ship . A sheep . A cat . A book . A kite . A church . A tree . A landscape . A cow . A school - room . A map . A horse . A clock . A watch . A goat . A dog . A picture ...
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... manner enumerate the qualities of the following objects . Wood . Iron . Lead . Silver . Gold . A feather . A pen . Water . Leather . Paper . Sugar . Salt . Sponge . A desk . Wool . Cotton . Wax . Whalebone . A horn . Chalk . A lamp ...
... manner enumerate the qualities of the following objects . Wood . Iron . Lead . Silver . Gold . A feather . A pen . Water . Leather . Paper . Sugar . Salt . Sponge . A desk . Wool . Cotton . Wax . Whalebone . A horn . Chalk . A lamp ...
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... manner , the learner may describe the following events . The meeting of a beggar in the street . The overturn of a carriage . The passing of a procession . The sailing of a ship . The catching of a fish . The capture of a bird . The ...
... manner , the learner may describe the following events . The meeting of a beggar in the street . The overturn of a carriage . The passing of a procession . The sailing of a ship . The catching of a fish . The capture of a bird . The ...
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Common terms and phrases
accent acute accent adverb Allowable rhymes Antonomasia beauty cæsura called Catachresis character clause comma composition compound compound sentence consists derived earth effect English English language Example 1st Example 2d exercise expression eyes father feelings figure following sentence Francesco Doria frequently give grave accent Greek Greek language happiness heart honor idea imagination kind labor lady language Latin Latin language letter literary look manner means mind moral nature Nearly perfect rhymes never nouns and third object observed Onomatopoeia participles of verbs phrases pleasure Pleonasm plurals of nouns poet poetical poetry present preterits and participles principles pronoun proper proposition prose remarkable rule Saxon sense short signifies sometimes sound spirit Spondee student style syllable tautology thing third persons singular thou thought tion Trochaic Trochee truth verse virtue words writer written young