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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... Poetry into Prose , · ... XXVI . Of Grammatical Propriety , XXVII . On the selection of Words and Expressions , XXVIII . Of the Construction of Sentences , XXIX . Of Clearness ,. XXX . Of Unity , XXXI . Of the Strength of a Sentence ...
... Poetry into Prose , · ... XXVI . Of Grammatical Propriety , XXVII . On the selection of Words and Expressions , XXVIII . Of the Construction of Sentences , XXIX . Of Clearness ,. XXX . Of Unity , XXXI . Of the Strength of a Sentence ...
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... Poetry and Versification ,. 230 LXXV . Vocabulary of Rhymes , 243 LXXVI . Epithets , 282 LXXVII . Lyric Poetry , 284 LXXVIII . Pastoral and Elegiac Poetry , LXXIX . Of the higher species of Poetry , So LXXX . Style , 289 294 300 LXXXIII ...
... Poetry and Versification ,. 230 LXXV . Vocabulary of Rhymes , 243 LXXVI . Epithets , 282 LXXVII . Lyric Poetry , 284 LXXVIII . Pastoral and Elegiac Poetry , LXXIX . Of the higher species of Poetry , So LXXX . Style , 289 294 300 LXXXIII ...
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... sounds most harmoniously to the ear , conveys most clearly the idea intended to be expressed . Example The poet must study variety , above all things 22 AIDS TO ENGLISH COMPOSITION . Of the Parts and Adjuncts of a Sentence,
... sounds most harmoniously to the ear , conveys most clearly the idea intended to be expressed . Example The poet must study variety , above all things 22 AIDS TO ENGLISH COMPOSITION . Of the Parts and Adjuncts of a Sentence,
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... poet must study variety , above all things , not only in professed descriptions of the scenery , but in frequent allusions to natural objects , which , of course , often occur in pastorals . Above all things , the poet , not only in ...
... poet must study variety , above all things , not only in professed descriptions of the scenery , but in frequent allusions to natural objects , which , of course , often occur in pastorals . Above all things , the poet , not only in ...
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... poetry , should begin with a capital letter . The pronoun I , and the interjection O , are always written in capitals . Any words , when remarkably emphatical , or when they are the principal subject of the composition , may begin with ...
... poetry , should begin with a capital letter . The pronoun I , and the interjection O , are always written in capitals . Any words , when remarkably emphatical , or when they are the principal subject of the composition , may begin with ...
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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