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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... light , " the same idea is conveyed by the word " dazzles " and the expression , " overpowers them with light ; " one of them , therefore , should be omitted . Whenever anything is represented as being the cause , condition , or ...
... light , " the same idea is conveyed by the word " dazzles " and the expression , " overpowers them with light ; " one of them , therefore , should be omitted . Whenever anything is represented as being the cause , condition , or ...
Page 83
... light ; for the fair Beatrice was selecting a becoming attire for a masquerade ball , which was to be given during the gay season of the approaching Carni- val . But a shadow of discontent rested on her brow , as she surveyed the ...
... light ; for the fair Beatrice was selecting a becoming attire for a masquerade ball , which was to be given during the gay season of the approaching Carni- val . But a shadow of discontent rested on her brow , as she surveyed the ...
Page 85
... light step of the proud and beautiful assemblage , collected to grace the wedding of Donati's lovely daughter . And lovely , indeed , did she appear among Italy's fairest children . Her dress of rich green velvet , clasped with emeralds ...
... light step of the proud and beautiful assemblage , collected to grace the wedding of Donati's lovely daughter . And lovely , indeed , did she appear among Italy's fairest children . Her dress of rich green velvet , clasped with emeralds ...
Page 106
... light , chestnut color . It seeks the scciety of man , and attaches its nest to the rafters in barns . This definition contains the difference , as well as the class , and may therefore be considered as sufficiently correct for our ...
... light , chestnut color . It seeks the scciety of man , and attaches its nest to the rafters in barns . This definition contains the difference , as well as the class , and may therefore be considered as sufficiently correct for our ...
Page 110
... light is to the eye . enabling it to discover what was hidden before . * Example . Youth and morning resemble each other in many particu lars . Youth is the first part of life . Morning is the first part of the day . Youth is the time ...
... light is to the eye . enabling it to discover what was hidden before . * Example . Youth and morning resemble each other in many particu lars . Youth is the first part of life . Morning is the first part of the day . Youth is the time ...
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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