Aids to English CompositionHarper & brothers, 1854 - 429 pages |
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... Discussions , XCIV . Disputations , XCV . Orations , · · XCVII . On the Composition of a Sermon , XCVIII . 313 314 317 318 322 324 · 329 336 338 341 344 355 361 381 390 399 419 ..... 420 XCVI . Bowdoin Prize Dissertation , Subjects for ...
... Discussions , XCIV . Disputations , XCV . Orations , · · XCVII . On the Composition of a Sermon , XCVIII . 313 314 317 318 322 324 · 329 336 338 341 344 355 361 381 390 399 419 ..... 420 XCVI . Bowdoin Prize Dissertation , Subjects for ...
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... discuss comfort reconcile . Exercise ferments the humors casts them into the proper channels throws off redundancies and assists nature in her necessary operations . A wise man will examine every thing coolly impartially accurately and ...
... discuss comfort reconcile . Exercise ferments the humors casts them into the proper channels throws off redundancies and assists nature in her necessary operations . A wise man will examine every thing coolly impartially accurately and ...
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... discuss . But the advantages of some form of government re- mains yet to be presented . Advantages . Order is said to be the first law of heaven . But among men it is essentially necessary for their very existence . Man , uncon- trolled ...
... discuss . But the advantages of some form of government re- mains yet to be presented . Advantages . Order is said to be the first law of heaven . But among men it is essentially necessary for their very existence . Man , uncon- trolled ...
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... discussions , the heads are distinct propositions or ar- guments , designed to support and establish the leading proposition . In persuasive writings , the heads are the different considerations which the writer would place before his ...
... discussions , the heads are distinct propositions or ar- guments , designed to support and establish the leading proposition . In persuasive writings , the heads are the different considerations which the writer would place before his ...
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... discuss . -- Let us suppose , in illustrating the views now to be presented , that the thoughts of the writer have been turned towards the manifestations of wisdom , goodness , and power , in the works of creation around him , and he ...
... discuss . -- Let us suppose , in illustrating the views now to be presented , that the thoughts of the writer have been turned towards the manifestations of wisdom , goodness , and power , in the works of creation around him , and he ...
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accent admiration adverb Æneid Allowable rhymes Amphibrach amusement ancient Antonomasia beauty cæsura called Catachresis character composition connexion delight derived dodo effect English English language Example 2d exercise expression eyes father feelings figure genius give Greek Greek language happiness heart honor hypermeter idea imagination influence kind labor lady language Latin Latin language letter literary literature look manner means mind moral nation nature Nearly perfect rhymes never nouns and third object observed Onomatopoeia opinion participles of verbs Philosophical phrase pleasure Pleonasm plurals of nouns poet poetical poetry present preterits and participles principles pronoun proper prose reason remark rules sense sentence signifies sometimes sound spirit Spondee student style syllable tautology tence thing third persons singular thou thought tion Trochaic Trochee truth verse virtue words writer written young