 | Richard Green Parker - English language - 1852 - 512 pages
...and virtue,. Lvm. ALLITERATION. Alliteration is the repetition of the same letter at the begin ling of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals ; as, bug-bear, sea-sick, and the / and g m the following line : And the / in the following : Love... | |
 | Stephen W. Clark - 1855 - 258 pages
...dread into despair." — Irving. Alliteration is the repetition of the same letter at the begin ning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals. EXAMPLES — " Up tue Aigh Aill 7te Aeaves a Auge, round stone." " He carves with classic chisel the... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - English language - 1855 - 468 pages
...and virtue. Lvm. AIXITERATION. Alliteration is the repetition of the same letter at the begin ning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other^ or at short intervals ; as, bug-bear, sea-sick, and the / and g m the following line : And the I in the following : Love... | |
 | Noah Webster - English language - 1857 - 1310 pages
...AL-LIS'IONCaMIzh-un),*. [L. aUUo.] A striking against.— Wixidaard. AL-LIT-ER-ATION, n. [L. ad and litara.] The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding eft^K other, or at short intervals. AL-LITER-A-TIVE, a. Pertaining to, or consisting in, aunv cran'on.... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1857 - 464 pages
...and virtue. Lvni. ALLITERATION. Alliteration is the repetition of the same letter at the begin ning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals ; as, bug-bear, sea-sick, and the / and g m the following line : And the / in the following : Love... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1858 - 114 pages
...used as an adjective. LINE 42.— Works its weedy way, an example of alliteration. Alliteration is the repetition of the same letter at the beginning...immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals, as/and g in the following line : — " fields ever/resh and jrroves for ever preen." And again, where... | |
 | Stephen Watkins Clark - English language - 1860 - 324 pages
...above his COUNTRY.* DEF 32. — Anti-Climax is the opposite of the climax. DEF. 33. — Alliteration is the repetition of the same letter at the beginning...two or more words immediately succeeding each other. EXAMPLES. — 1. " Up the /iigh Aill 7ie /leaves a Auge, round stone." 2. " He carves with classic... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1861 - 470 pages
...forefathers, in that long series, have degenerated into honor and virtue. Lvm. ALLITERATION. Alliteration is the repetition of the same letter at the beginning...immediately succeeding each other> or at short intervals; as, bug-bear, sea-sick, and the / and g in the following/line: And the I in the following: Love laughs... | |
 | Edward SHELTON (Miscellaneous Writer.) - English language - 1862 - 380 pages
...ingredients of different values. Alliteration, al-litty-rayshnn (Latin, ad, to ; litera, a letter). The repetition of the same letter at the beginning...immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals, as in the two following lines, applied to Cardinal Wolsey : — "Begot by butchers, bnt by bishops... | |
 | Edward J. Shelton - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1862 - 404 pages
...ingredients of different values. Alliteration, al-Iitty-rayshun (Latin, ad, to ; litera, a letter). The repetition of the same letter at the beginning...immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals, as in the two following lines, applied to Cardinal Wolsey : — "Begot by butchers, but by bishops... | |
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Alliteration is the repetition of the same letter at the begin-ning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals... 
