First Lessons in CompositionEldredge & Brother, 1872 - 168 էջ |
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... contain a Subject and a Predicate . These are the only necessary parts of a sentence . The Subject is that of which we speak . EXAMPLES . " The horse runs . " " The horse is swift . " Here , in both cases , the horse is the Subject . We ...
... contain a Subject and a Predicate . These are the only necessary parts of a sentence . The Subject is that of which we speak . EXAMPLES . " The horse runs . " " The horse is swift . " Here , in both cases , the horse is the Subject . We ...
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... containing not less than three adjuncts , and after each sentence write an analysis of it . EXAMPLE . A farmer has produced peaches . --- The same enlarged by Adjuncts . An enterprising farmer in Delaware , Thomas Ridgway , by skilful ...
... containing not less than three adjuncts , and after each sentence write an analysis of it . EXAMPLE . A farmer has produced peaches . --- The same enlarged by Adjuncts . An enterprising farmer in Delaware , Thomas Ridgway , by skilful ...
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... subjects , after the outline has been made , and has been approved by the teacher . Let each composition contain at least two similes . CHAPTER II . METAPHOR . — — NOTE 1. Here FIGURATIVE EXPRESSION . 91 . Compositions, ·
... subjects , after the outline has been made , and has been approved by the teacher . Let each composition contain at least two similes . CHAPTER II . METAPHOR . — — NOTE 1. Here FIGURATIVE EXPRESSION . 91 . Compositions, ·
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... containing neither metaphor nor simile . Thus : Metaphor . Idleness is the rust of the soul . Simile . — As rust is to iron , so is idleness to the soul , taking away its strength and power of resistance . — Plain . Idleness takes away ...
... containing neither metaphor nor simile . Thus : Metaphor . Idleness is the rust of the soul . Simile . — As rust is to iron , so is idleness to the soul , taking away its strength and power of resistance . — Plain . Idleness takes away ...
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... containing a metaphor , about each of the following subjects : 1. Riches . 2. Anger . 3. The tongue . 4. Beauty . 5. Old age . 6. Childhood . DIRECTION . COMPOSITIONS . Make a composition of not less than fifteen sentences on each of ...
... containing a metaphor , about each of the following subjects : 1. Riches . 2. Anger . 3. The tongue . 4. Beauty . 5. Old age . 6. Childhood . DIRECTION . COMPOSITIONS . Make a composition of not less than fifteen sentences on each of ...
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adjective ADJUNCT FORMED adverb ÆNEID apples apposition blank called capital caret Change the following CHAPTER Cicero clause colon commas complex sentence composition connecting word construction containing Copy the following Dash DIRECTION DIRECTION.-Copy the following Enclose EXAMPLE.-The EXAMPLES FOR PRACTICE EXAMPLES.-1 exercises expressed father field adjunct fifteen sentences five sentences following sentences following subjects following words foregoing subjects form the word garden girl give given Grammar Gulf Stream habit horse runs inserted Interrogation JUGURTHINE WAR less than fifteen less than twenty lesson letter margin marking the adjunct meaning metaphor Metonymies names of five NOTE noun outline pairs of words person PETER SCHOEFFER post-paid predicate preposition-phrase Price by mail pronoun Rhetoric RULE scholar SECTION semicolon separated similar pairs subject or object Synecdoche teacher tences things tion twenty sentences verb word or words words ending Write ten similar Write the names Write the words
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Էջ 72 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view; I knew him well, and every truant knew...
Էջ 158 - ... pith, Till now some nine moons wasted, they have used Their dearest action in the tented field; And little of this great world can I speak, More than pertains to feats of...
Էջ 111 - Men look with an evil eye upon the good that is in others, and think that their reputation obscures them, and their commendable qualities stand in their light ; and therefore they do what they can to cast a cloud over them, that the bright shining of their virtues may not obscure them.
Էջ 120 - The academy, set up by Cardinal Richelieu, to amuse the wits of that age and country, and divert them from raking into his politics and ministry, brought this into vogue ; and the French wits have, for this last age, been wholly turned to Ihe refinement of their style and language ; and, indeed, with such success, that it can hardly be equalled, and runs equally through their verse and their prose.
Էջ 78 - A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser to-day than he was yesterday.
Էջ 137 - Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them...
Էջ 72 - AT midnight, in his guarded tent, The Turk was dreaming of the hour When Greece, her knee in suppliance bent, Should tremble at his power ; In dreams, through camp and court, he bore The trophies of a conqueror ; In dreams his song of triumph heard. Then wore his monarch's signet ring, Then pressed that monarch's throne — a King ; As wild his thoughts, and gay of wing, As Eden's garden bird.
Էջ 148 - The throne we honour is the people's choice ; the laws we reverence are our brave fathers' legacy ; the faith we follow teaches us to live in bonds of charity with all mankind, and die with hope of bliss beyond the grave. Tell your invaders this, and tell them, too, we seek no change : and, least of all, such change as they would bring us.
Էջ 147 - There never was any party, faction, sect, or cabal, whatsoever, in which the most ignorant were not the most violent: for a bee is not a busier animal than a blockhead.
Էջ 144 - ... to give an early preference to honour above gain, when they stand in competition ; to despise every advantage which cannot be attained without dishonest arts ; to brook no meanness, and to stoop to no dissimulation, are the indications of a great mind, the presages of future eminence and distinction in life.