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... desirable to avoid such tautologies as the " first ag- gressor , " the " standard pattern , " the " verdant green , ' some few . " So , excess of inflection is objectionable ; as " chiefest , " " extremest , " " worser , " " most ...
... desirable to avoid such tautologies as the " first ag- gressor , " the " standard pattern , " the " verdant green , ' some few . " So , excess of inflection is objectionable ; as " chiefest , " " extremest , " " worser , " " most ...
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... desirable to avoid a complication of negatives . Such an expression as " The loss of blood destroys the strength , " is not so intelligible as the positive form " Abun- dance of blood gives strength . " Compare " Indifference to ...
... desirable to avoid a complication of negatives . Such an expression as " The loss of blood destroys the strength , " is not so intelligible as the positive form " Abun- dance of blood gives strength . " Compare " Indifference to ...
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... desirable to avoid the clash of vowels , both in the middle of words and between one word and another ; as in idea , hiatus , re - assume , you unite , potato only . Many persons never say idea of , but idear of . In the clash of vowels ...
... desirable to avoid the clash of vowels , both in the middle of words and between one word and another ; as in idea , hiatus , re - assume , you unite , potato only . Many persons never say idea of , but idear of . In the clash of vowels ...
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... desirable , in some measure , to counteract the tendency of our language to the loose sentence , by interspersing periods on all suitable occasions . 136. II . Sentences are divided into Short and Long . Among the points of mere variety ...
... desirable , in some measure , to counteract the tendency of our language to the loose sentence , by interspersing periods on all suitable occasions . 136. II . Sentences are divided into Short and Long . Among the points of mere variety ...
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... desirable order would be : " The gladness of the shepherd seems to be attributed by Madame Dacier , from the turn she gives to the passage , and by Pope , in order perhaps to make out his couplet , to the sense of the utility of these ...
... desirable order would be : " The gladness of the shepherd seems to be attributed by Madame Dacier , from the turn she gives to the passage , and by Pope , in order perhaps to make out his couplet , to the sense of the utility of these ...
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abstract alliterations Antithesis arrangement balanced bay color beauty brevity called character circumstances clause comparison composition concrete concrete Extract connection consonants contrast degradation degree Demosthenes described effect emotion English epigram example excitement exposition expression facts figure genius give given harmony Hence History human humor hyperbole Iliad illustration implies impression instances iteration kind language ludicrous meaning melody ment metaphor method metonymy mind mode moral mountains narrative nation nature noun nuendo objects obverse orator pain paragraph pathos Pearl Coast person personification phatic Plato pleasure Pleonasm poet poetic poetry political politics of Poland predicate principle proposition reference rivers sense sentence sentiment simile sions Socrates sometimes sound statement strength style sublime subordinate suggest syllables Synecdoche tautologies tence tender feeling things thou thought tion Transferred Epithet truth variety verb vowels writer