Elements of English Composition: A Preparation for RhetoricGriggs, 1884 - 174 páginas |
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... rest of the sentence by the comma unless the connection is close . The comma is especially necessary if the clause stands parenthetically between the parts of the principal clause , or if by inversion it stands first : as- 1. As they ...
... rest of the sentence by the comma unless the connection is close . The comma is especially necessary if the clause stands parenthetically between the parts of the principal clause , or if by inversion it stands first : as- 1. As they ...
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... rest . They halted in the morning . It was for a short time . They travelled all that day . They travelled the following night . 4. Washington determined to make no further attempt to hold Long Island . He embarked his troops in boats ...
... rest . They halted in the morning . It was for a short time . They travelled all that day . They travelled the following night . 4. Washington determined to make no further attempt to hold Long Island . He embarked his troops in boats ...
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... rest or change ; Her friends seemed no more new ones , Their speech seemed no more strange ; And when she led her cattle To pasture every day , She ceased to look and wonder On which side Bregenz lay . She spoke no more of Bregenz With ...
... rest or change ; Her friends seemed no more new ones , Their speech seemed no more strange ; And when she led her cattle To pasture every day , She ceased to look and wonder On which side Bregenz lay . She spoke no more of Bregenz With ...
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... rest , Half open , in the topmost chest , Of depth enough , and none to spare , Invited her to slumber there . Puss , with delight beyond expression , Surveyed the scene and took possession . Recumbent at her ease , ere long , And ...
... rest , Half open , in the topmost chest , Of depth enough , and none to spare , Invited her to slumber there . Puss , with delight beyond expression , Surveyed the scene and took possession . Recumbent at her ease , ere long , And ...
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... rest in order , to the top ; For ' tis a truth well known to most That whatsoever thing is lost We seek it , ere it come to light , In every cranny but the right . -Forth skipped the cat , not now replete , As 56 THE ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH ...
... rest in order , to the top ; For ' tis a truth well known to most That whatsoever thing is lost We seek it , ere it come to light , In every cranny but the right . -Forth skipped the cat , not now replete , As 56 THE ELEMENTS OF ENGLISH ...
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The Elements of English Composition: A Preparation for Rhetoric Lucy A. Chittenden Vista completa - 1891 |
The Elements of English Composition: A Preparation for Rhetoric Lucy A. Chittenden Vista completa - 1884 |
The Elements of English Composition: A Preparation for Rhetoric Lucy A. Chittenden Vista completa - 1884 |
Términos y frases comunes
Adam Smith amphithea antecedent birds breath Bregenz bright child Christmas pie clause Cleon coach comma Complimentary Close cried Crodunk dear dependent clause DEVELOPMENT Dick Dolly door e'en emphatic Exercise expression eyes face father faulty examples fear flowers gate Gilpin gold Hamblin hand head heard heart heaven horse interrogation John Gilpin Julius Cæsar king Lake Constance land letter light Little white Lily look Lord maid master meadow meaning Metonymy mistress morning mountains Murillo never night noble noun o'er omitted PARAPHRASE pearls of dew PHOEBE CARY phrase plain fully pleasant poem pronouns punctuation pupil Queen REPRODUCTION ride river rose seemed sentence singing leaves slave sleep steed stood story Swanage sweet tell thee thou thought tion told Tom Flynn TOPICAL OUTLINE Tower Twas Tyrol unto watch William Caxton word write young
Pasajes populares
Página 3 - Wedding-Guest! this soul hath been Alone on a wide wide sea: So lonely, 'twas, that God himself Scarce seemed there to be.
Página 162 - I wind about, and in and out, With here a blossom sailing, And here and there a lusty trout, And here and there a grayling, And here and there a foamy flake Upon me, as I travel With many a silvery waterbreak Above the golden gravel, And draw them all along, and flow To join the brimming river; For men may come and men may go, But I go on forever.
Página 161 - I come from haunts of coot and hern, I make a sudden sally And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a valley.
Página 162 - 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...
Página 92 - Stop thief ! stop thief ! — a highwayman ! Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space ; The toll-men thinking as before, That Gilpin rode a race.
Página 100 - And stopped at once amid their maddest plunge! Motionless torrents! silent cataracts! Who made you glorious as the Gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet? GOD! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer! and let the ice-plains echo, GOD!
Página 124 - 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.
Página 42 - God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains! that we should, with joy, pleasance, revel and applause, transform ourselves into beasts!
Página 90 - Well done ! As loud as he could bawl. Away went Gilpin — who but he ? His fame soon spread around, He carries weight ! he rides a race ! Tis for a thousand pound...
Página 154 - We reached the barn with merry din, And roused the prisoned brutes within. The old horse thrust his long head out, And grave with wonder gazed about ; The cock his lusty greeting said, And forth his speckled harem led...