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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... tion in particular has been considerably extended and enriched , from sources not within his reach in the original preparation of the volume . The examples and exercises in various parts of the work have been much improved by the ...
... tion in particular has been considerably extended and enriched , from sources not within his reach in the original preparation of the volume . The examples and exercises in various parts of the work have been much improved by the ...
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... tion , when left unrestrained to themselves . But as soon as they are required to write what is called a composition , they feel at a loss what to say . This arises from no inability to form ideas , nor from want of words to express ...
... tion , when left unrestrained to themselves . But as soon as they are required to write what is called a composition , they feel at a loss what to say . This arises from no inability to form ideas , nor from want of words to express ...
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... tion ; such as surprise , joy , grief , love , hatred , anger , pity , anxiety , ardent wish , & c . It is also used to mark an exalted idea of the Deity ; and is generally placed after the nominative case independent ; and after the ...
... tion ; such as surprise , joy , grief , love , hatred , anger , pity , anxiety , ardent wish , & c . It is also used to mark an exalted idea of the Deity ; and is generally placed after the nominative case independent ; and after the ...
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... tion of the productions of nature to all the works of men XV . DERIVATION AND COMPOSITION OF WORDS .. Words , with regard to their origin , are divided into primi- tive and derivative ; and , with regard to their form , into sim ple and ...
... tion of the productions of nature to all the works of men XV . DERIVATION AND COMPOSITION OF WORDS .. Words , with regard to their origin , are divided into primi- tive and derivative ; and , with regard to their form , into sim ple and ...
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... tion with respect to any causes that might interrupt it ; calm , with regard to a disturbed situation going before or following it . A good man enjoys tranquillity , in himself ; peace , with others ; and calm , after a storm . In a ...
... tion with respect to any causes that might interrupt it ; calm , with regard to a disturbed situation going before or following it . A good man enjoys tranquillity , in himself ; peace , with others ; and calm , after a storm . In a ...
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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