Elements of English Composition: A Preparation for RhetoricGriggs, 1884 - 174 pages |
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... sleeps upon the hill . Exercise 20.- Complete these compound sentences by the addition of one or more independent clauses . Attend carefully to the punctuation . 1. Experience keeps a dear school less desired to deal justly- receiving ...
... sleeps upon the hill . Exercise 20.- Complete these compound sentences by the addition of one or more independent clauses . Attend carefully to the punctuation . 1. Experience keeps a dear school less desired to deal justly- receiving ...
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... sleeping town ; For Bregenz , that quaint city Upon the Tyrol shore , Has stood above Lake Constance A thousand years and more . Her battlements and towers Upon their rocky steep Have cast their trembling shadow For ages on the deep ...
... sleeping town ; For Bregenz , that quaint city Upon the Tyrol shore , Has stood above Lake Constance A thousand years and more . Her battlements and towers Upon their rocky steep Have cast their trembling shadow For ages on the deep ...
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... sleep beneath the deep As calm as under ground . " " But Dick and Dolly ? ” — “ Well , poor Dick ! I saw him rise , and cling Unto the gunwale of the boat , Floating keel up , and sing Out loud , ' Where's Doll ? ' I hear him yet As ...
... sleep beneath the deep As calm as under ground . " " But Dick and Dolly ? ” — “ Well , poor Dick ! I saw him rise , and cling Unto the gunwale of the boat , Floating keel up , and sing Out loud , ' Where's Doll ? ' I hear him yet As ...
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... sleep , And faithful guard o'er all to keep , Murillo bade him now declare What rash intruder had been there , And threatened - if he did not tell The truth at once- the dungeon - cell . " Thou answerest not , " Murillo said ; ( The boy ...
... sleep , And faithful guard o'er all to keep , Murillo bade him now declare What rash intruder had been there , And threatened - if he did not tell The truth at once- the dungeon - cell . " Thou answerest not , " Murillo said ; ( The boy ...
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... sleep no more ! " he cried ; " and now Three hours of freedom I may gain , Before my master comes ; for then I shall be but a slave again . Three blessed hours of freedom ! how Shall I employ them ? -ah ! e'en now The figure on that ...
... sleep no more ! " he cried ; " and now Three hours of freedom I may gain , Before my master comes ; for then I shall be but a slave again . Three blessed hours of freedom ! how Shall I employ them ? -ah ! e'en now The figure on that ...
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
The Elements of English Composition: A Preparation for Rhetoric Lucy A. Chittenden Affichage du livre entier - 1891 |
The Elements of English Composition: A Preparation for Rhetoric Lucy A. Chittenden Affichage du livre entier - 1884 |
The Elements of English Composition: A Preparation for Rhetoric Lucy A. Chittenden Affichage du livre entier - 1884 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
Adam Smith amphithea antecedent birds breath Bregenz bright child Christmas pie clause Cleon coach comma Complimentary Close cried Crodunk dear dependent clause DEVELOPMENT Dick Dolly door e'en emphatic Exercise expression eyes face father faulty examples fear flowers gate Gilpin gold Hamblin hand head heard heart heaven horse interrogation John Gilpin Julius Cæsar king Lake Constance land letter light Little white Lily look Lord maid master meadow meaning Metonymy mistress morning mountains Murillo never night noble noun o'er omitted PARAPHRASE pearls of dew PHOEBE CARY phrase plain fully pleasant poem pronouns punctuation pupil Queen REPRODUCTION ride river rose seemed sentence singing leaves slave sleep steed stood story Swanage sweet tell thee thou thought tion told Tom Flynn TOPICAL OUTLINE Tower Twas Tyrol unto watch William Caxton word write young
Fréquemment cités
Page 3 - Wedding-Guest! this soul hath been Alone on a wide wide sea: So lonely, 'twas, that God himself Scarce seemed there to be.
Page 162 - I wind about, and in and out, With here a blossom sailing, And here and there a lusty trout, And here and there a grayling, And here and there a foamy flake Upon me, as I travel With many a silvery waterbreak Above the golden gravel, And draw them all along, and flow To join the brimming river; For men may come and men may go, But I go on forever.
Page 161 - I come from haunts of coot and hern, I make a sudden sally And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a valley.
Page 162 - The sober herd that low'd to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school...
Page 92 - Stop thief ! stop thief ! — a highwayman ! Not one of them was mute ; And all and each that passed that way Did join in the pursuit. And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space ; The toll-men thinking as before, That Gilpin rode a race.
Page 100 - And stopped at once amid their maddest plunge! Motionless torrents! silent cataracts! Who made you glorious as the Gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet? GOD! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer! and let the ice-plains echo, GOD!
Page 124 - And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head, And with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord.
Page 42 - God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains! that we should, with joy, pleasance, revel and applause, transform ourselves into beasts!
Page 90 - Well done ! As loud as he could bawl. Away went Gilpin — who but he ? His fame soon spread around, He carries weight ! he rides a race ! Tis for a thousand pound...
Page 154 - We reached the barn with merry din, And roused the prisoned brutes within. The old horse thrust his long head out, And grave with wonder gazed about ; The cock his lusty greeting said, And forth his speckled harem led...