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 VerseHarper & Brothers, 1845 - 429 pages |
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... Rhymes may occur in consecutive , or alternate lines , or ir any other regular order , at the pleasure of the writer . Rhymes are of two kinds , perfect rhymes and allowable rhymes . The difference between the two kinds will readily be ...
... Rhymes may occur in consecutive , or alternate lines , or ir any other regular order , at the pleasure of the writer . Rhymes are of two kinds , perfect rhymes and allowable rhymes . The difference between the two kinds will readily be ...
Page 244
... rhymes to disdain , look not for IN but for AIN , and you will find brain , chain , gain , & c . 4. To find a word ... Allowable rhymes babe , astrolabe , & c . See Direction 3 . ACE . Ace , dace , pace , face , lace , mace , race ...
... rhymes to disdain , look not for IN but for AIN , and you will find brain , chain , gain , & c . 4. To find a word ... Allowable rhymes babe , astrolabe , & c . See Direction 3 . ACE . Ace , dace , pace , face , lace , mace , race ...
Page 245
... Allowable rhymes , cade , fade , & c . , glede , bead , read , & c . See Direc tron 3 . ADE . Cade , fade , made ... rhymes , aid , maid , braid , afraid , upbraid , & c . , and the preterits and participles of verbs in ay , ey , and ...
... Allowable rhymes , cade , fade , & c . , glede , bead , read , & c . See Direc tron 3 . ADE . Cade , fade , made ... rhymes , aid , maid , braid , afraid , upbraid , & c . , and the preterits and participles of verbs in ay , ey , and ...
Page 246
... rhyme , feint . Allowable rhymes , cant , pant AIR , see ARE . AISE , see AZE . AIT , see ATE . AITH , see ATH AIZE , see AZE . AKE . Ake , bake , cake , lake , make , quake , rake , sak ) , take , wake , brake , drake , Bake , shake ...
... rhyme , feint . Allowable rhymes , cant , pant AIR , see ARE . AISE , see AZE . AIT , see ATE . AITH , see ATH AIZE , see AZE . AKE . Ake , bake , cake , lake , make , quake , rake , sak ) , take , wake , brake , drake , Bake , shake ...
Page 247
... Allowable rhymes , bane , cane , plain , mane , & c . , bean , lean , wan , swan , & c . , gone , upon , & c . ANCE . Chance , dance , glance , lance , trance , prance , entrance , romance , advance , mischance , complaisance ...
... Allowable rhymes , bane , cane , plain , mane , & c . , bean , lean , wan , swan , & c . , gone , upon , & c . ANCE . Chance , dance , glance , lance , trance , prance , entrance , romance , advance , mischance , complaisance ...
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accent acute accent adverb Allowable rhymes Antonomasia beauty c¿sura 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