Elements of Rhetoric and Literary Criticism: With Copious Practical Exercises and Examples, for the Use of Common Schools and AcademiesHarper & Brothers, 1862 - Всего страниц: 333 |
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... line of poetry III . The first word of a quotation in a direct form . IV . The names of the Supreme Being V. Proper names , and adjectives derived from proper names . VI . The names of the days of the week , and of the months of the ...
... line of poetry III . The first word of a quotation in a direct form . IV . The names of the Supreme Being V. Proper names , and adjectives derived from proper names . VI . The names of the days of the week , and of the months of the ...
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... line , she com- plains that this pillar had gone away without asking leave or bid- ding farewell , there is a confusion of the nature of a pillar with that of a man : " Now from my fond embrace by tempest orn , 84 LPART II . МЕГАРНОЕ .
... line , she com- plains that this pillar had gone away without asking leave or bid- ding farewell , there is a confusion of the nature of a pillar with that of a man : " Now from my fond embrace by tempest orn , 84 LPART II . МЕГАРНОЕ .
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... lines ! " See the Art of Sinking in poetry , in which the abuse of figurative language is well illustrated by a variety of examples . Q. Can you give another example of a faulty metaphor , and correct it ? A. " Well indeed might he love ...
... lines ! " See the Art of Sinking in poetry , in which the abuse of figurative language is well illustrated by a variety of examples . Q. Can you give another example of a faulty metaphor , and correct it ? A. " Well indeed might he love ...
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... line of Milton , " O'er many a frozen , many a fiery Alp . " Q What is to be said of the use of this figure ? A. When too frequent , it makes language obscure , affect- ed , or ostentatious of learning . It should never be used when the ...
... line of Milton , " O'er many a frozen , many a fiery Alp . " Q What is to be said of the use of this figure ? A. When too frequent , it makes language obscure , affect- ed , or ostentatious of learning . It should never be used when the ...
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... line of essays which can give pleasure nowadays . The author farther would express , as his own opin- ion , that the modern British essayists , Professor Wil- son , Sir Walter Scott , and T. B. Macaulay , in brill- iancy and power of ...
... line of essays which can give pleasure nowadays . The author farther would express , as his own opin- ion , that the modern British essayists , Professor Wil- son , Sir Walter Scott , and T. B. Macaulay , in brill- iancy and power of ...
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