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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... writer in his first attempts at composition ; to wit , the difficulty of obtaining ideas , or learning to think , and that of expressing them properly when obtained . There are those who profess to have been benefited by the assistance ...
... writer in his first attempts at composition ; to wit , the difficulty of obtaining ideas , or learning to think , and that of expressing them properly when obtained . There are those who profess to have been benefited by the assistance ...
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... writer . then , it may boldly be asserted , that " No acquirement can equal that of composition in giving a power over the material of thought , and an apt- ness in all matters of arrangement , of inquest , Preface, Introduction, iv.
... writer . then , it may boldly be asserted , that " No acquirement can equal that of composition in giving a power over the material of thought , and an apt- ness in all matters of arrangement , of inquest , Preface, Introduction, iv.
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... ¿quam " Viribus . " r , in the translation of Mr. Francis : " Examine well , ye writers , weigh with care , What suits your genius , what your strength will baaz . AIDN то ENGLISH COMPOSITION . I. OBJECTS AND THEIR PARTS INTRODUCTION .
... ¿quam " Viribus . " r , in the translation of Mr. Francis : " Examine well , ye writers , weigh with care , What suits your genius , what your strength will baaz . AIDN то ENGLISH COMPOSITION . I. OBJECTS AND THEIR PARTS INTRODUCTION .
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... writer be careful to use the proper word to express the idea which he wishes to communicate ; and when he is required to use a word , that he endeavor thereby to express no other idea than that , which the word is intended to convey ...
... writer be careful to use the proper word to express the idea which he wishes to communicate ; and when he is required to use a word , that he endeavor thereby to express no other idea than that , which the word is intended to convey ...
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... writer , not formally introduced as a quota- ion , and words and clauses expressing contrast or opposition , though closely connected in construction , are separated by a comma ; as , " I pity the man , who can travel from Dan to ...
... writer , not formally introduced as a quota- ion , and words and clauses expressing contrast or opposition , though closely connected in construction , are separated by a comma ; as , " I pity the man , who can travel from Dan to ...
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Common terms and phrases
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