Elements of English Composition: A Preparation for RhetoricGriggs, 1884 - 174 páginas |
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... watch and wait , Though he perish at his post So , faintly calling and crying Till the sun is under the sea , Crying ... watches the pathway , As yester - eve she had done- But what does she see so strange and black Against the rising ...
... watch and wait , Though he perish at his post So , faintly calling and crying Till the sun is under the sea , Crying ... watches the pathway , As yester - eve she had done- But what does she see so strange and black Against the rising ...
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... watch the flowing darkness , — The bank is high and steep , — One pause - he staggers forward And plunges in the deep . She strives to pierce the blackness , And looser throws the rein ; Her steed must breast the waters That dash above ...
... watch the flowing darkness , — The bank is high and steep , — One pause - he staggers forward And plunges in the deep . She strives to pierce the blackness , And looser throws the rein ; Her steed must breast the waters That dash above ...
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... watch you keep , Nor dare to close your eyes in sleep . If on to - morrow morn you fail To answer what I ask , The lash shall force you- do you hear ? Hence ! to your daily task . " * * * * * * ' Twas midnight in Seville ; and faintly ...
... watch you keep , Nor dare to close your eyes in sleep . If on to - morrow morn you fail To answer what I ask , The lash shall force you- do you hear ? Hence ! to your daily task . " * * * * * * ' Twas midnight in Seville ; and faintly ...
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... watch while the other fifty slept . 4. I saw her again laid up with a fever she had caught in her vacation and which proved fatal . 5. In his girdle stuck a large weapon bearing the name of a Sheffield whittle , and which was ...
... watch while the other fifty slept . 4. I saw her again laid up with a fever she had caught in her vacation and which proved fatal . 5. In his girdle stuck a large weapon bearing the name of a Sheffield whittle , and which was ...
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... watch the house without effect . 19. In Swiggs County , Georgia , the other day a deer was killed running with a railroad shovel in the hands of one of the workmen . PRINCIPLE VII . - Unnecessary Repetition . - EXAMPLE . God is eternal ...
... watch the house without effect . 19. In Swiggs County , Georgia , the other day a deer was killed running with a railroad shovel in the hands of one of the workmen . PRINCIPLE VII . - Unnecessary Repetition . - EXAMPLE . God is eternal ...
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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...