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 Verse |
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... appear to be neces- sary for an intelligent comprehension of its rules and principles . The early lessons are simple and easily performed , but , in the course of the work , suggestions will be found , which , it is thought , will be ...
... appear to be neces- sary for an intelligent comprehension of its rules and principles . The early lessons are simple and easily performed , but , in the course of the work , suggestions will be found , which , it is thought , will be ...
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... sight ! The clouds were tinged with purple and crimson , and yellow of all shades and hues , and the clear sky varied from blue to a fine green at the horizon . But how large the sun appears , AIDS TO ENGLISH COMPOSITION . 11.
... sight ! The clouds were tinged with purple and crimson , and yellow of all shades and hues , and the clear sky varied from blue to a fine green at the horizon . But how large the sun appears , AIDS TO ENGLISH COMPOSITION . 11.
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... appears , just as it sets ! I think seems twice as big as when it is over head . Tutor . It does so ; and you may probably have observed the same apparent enlargement of the moon at its rising . William . I have ; but pray what is the ...
... appears , just as it sets ! I think seems twice as big as when it is over head . Tutor . It does so ; and you may probably have observed the same apparent enlargement of the moon at its rising . William . I have ; but pray what is the ...
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... appear enormous to a thinking person . You are not to suppose that the fate either of single persons of empires or of the whole earth depends on the influence of the stars . Insert the Comma , Colon , and Semicolon where they belong in ...
... appear enormous to a thinking person . You are not to suppose that the fate either of single persons of empires or of the whole earth depends on the influence of the stars . Insert the Comma , Colon , and Semicolon where they belong in ...
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... appear clear and accurate ; thus , The Britons , left to shift for themselves , and daily harassed by the cruel inroads of the Picts , were forced to call in the Saxons for their defence . But these ( the Saxons ) soon reduced the ...
... appear clear and accurate ; thus , The Britons , left to shift for themselves , and daily harassed by the cruel inroads of the Picts , were forced to call in the Saxons for their defence . But these ( the Saxons ) soon reduced 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