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... nation's existence analyzed into departments ,. 179 36. History involves the arts of Exposition and of Poetry ,. 183 37. Much of what has been said on History applies to Biography ,. 38. The Environment should be delineated , .. 184 184 ...
... nation's existence analyzed into departments ,. 179 36. History involves the arts of Exposition and of Poetry ,. 183 37. Much of what has been said on History applies to Biography ,. 38. The Environment should be delineated , .. 184 184 ...
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... Nations : -Avatar , Juggernaut , palaver , ordeal . Feelings and Operations of the Mind : -Sweet , soft , harsh , sour , charm , rejoice , kiss , laugh , smile , frown , angry , loving , relent , dis- dain . SIMILE , OR COMPARISON . 16 ...
... Nations : -Avatar , Juggernaut , palaver , ordeal . Feelings and Operations of the Mind : -Sweet , soft , harsh , sour , charm , rejoice , kiss , laugh , smile , frown , angry , loving , relent , dis- dain . SIMILE , OR COMPARISON . 16 ...
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... nation of the audience to the highest pitch , refrained from specifying the crime of the accused at once , and led the way up to it by successive steps : " It is an outrage to bind a Roman citizen ; to scourge him is an atrocious crime ...
... nation of the audience to the highest pitch , refrained from specifying the crime of the accused at once , and led the way up to it by successive steps : " It is an outrage to bind a Roman citizen ; to scourge him is an atrocious crime ...
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... nations are added to words without a specific meaning : as , mountain , fountain , meadow , valley , island , climate ; for mount , fount , & c . Again , we find double terminations of the same import , as in philosophical , tragical ...
... nations are added to words without a specific meaning : as , mountain , fountain , meadow , valley , island , climate ; for mount , fount , & c . Again , we find double terminations of the same import , as in philosophical , tragical ...
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... nations there was no king like Solomon ; never- theless , even him did outlandish women cause to sin . " Thirdly , the place after a call to attention ; as , “ Behold , now is the accepted time . " In the following example , the ...
... nations there was no king like Solomon ; never- theless , even him did outlandish women cause to sin . " Thirdly , the place after a call to attention ; as , “ Behold , now is the accepted time . " In the following example , the ...
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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