English Composition and Rhetoric: A ManualD. Appleton, 1884 - 343 páginas |
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... better method than to prescribe passages containing good mat- ter , but in some respects imperfectly worded , to be amended according to the laws and the proprieties of style . Our older writers might be extensively , although not ...
... better method than to prescribe passages containing good mat- ter , but in some respects imperfectly worded , to be amended according to the laws and the proprieties of style . Our older writers might be extensively , although not ...
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... better , and to feel them more strongly , by means of other similar things . We are en- abled to know something of the Desert of Sahara , by being told that it resembles a sea of sand . The Figures named Simile , Metaphor , Allegory ...
... better , and to feel them more strongly , by means of other similar things . We are en- abled to know something of the Desert of Sahara , by being told that it resembles a sea of sand . The Figures named Simile , Metaphor , Allegory ...
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... Better to have simply compared the three situations , without giving any name to the feeling . “ Like a man witnessing from the land the struggles of the mariner with the storm , or like one viewing the shock of war from a safe distance ...
... Better to have simply compared the three situations , without giving any name to the feeling . “ Like a man witnessing from the land the struggles of the mariner with the storm , or like one viewing the shock of war from a safe distance ...
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... better without artificial decoration . 66 This is a figure of frequent occurrence . It is naturally confounded with Antithesis , from the presence of an element of contrariety . The intention , however , is not to elucidate a truth ...
... better without artificial decoration . 66 This is a figure of frequent occurrence . It is naturally confounded with Antithesis , from the presence of an element of contrariety . The intention , however , is not to elucidate a truth ...
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... better is the enemy of good , " is a German proverb , intended to reprove aspirations after impracticable improve- ments . It is analogous to the homely saying , " More haste , worse speed . " " By merit raised to that bad eminence ...
... better is the enemy of good , " is a German proverb , intended to reprove aspirations after impracticable improve- ments . It is analogous to the homely saying , " More haste , worse speed . " " By merit raised to that bad eminence ...
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