Outlines of Rhetoric: Embodied in Rules, Illustrative Examples, and a Progressive Course of Prose CompositionGinn & Company, 1893 - 342 sider |
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Side 23
... pretentious word for a common - place thing . Work for plain expressions rather than for unusual ; use , in fine , the simplest words that the subject will bear . 6. Prefer idioms to bookish terms . By an idiom is meant a word , or more ...
... pretentious word for a common - place thing . Work for plain expressions rather than for unusual ; use , in fine , the simplest words that the subject will bear . 6. Prefer idioms to bookish terms . By an idiom is meant a word , or more ...
Side 24
... pretentious sound , while their usage is no better established or more reputable than that of idioms . IDIOMS . Get used . Get rid of . A good deal . Get up . Get out of the way of . A friend of mine . Must needs . Hard put to it ...
... pretentious sound , while their usage is no better established or more reputable than that of idioms . IDIOMS . Get used . Get rid of . A good deal . Get up . Get out of the way of . A friend of mine . Must needs . Hard put to it ...
Side 34
... in style ; especially when we compare the effect produced by such means with the effect produced by bookish and pretentious words . 1. Correct the following sentences , applying all the rules 34 THE CHOICE OF WORDS .
... in style ; especially when we compare the effect produced by such means with the effect produced by bookish and pretentious words . 1. Correct the following sentences , applying all the rules 34 THE CHOICE OF WORDS .
Side 45
... pretentious expression is justified by the idea or is too elaborate for it : this is the real test by which to detect " fine writing . " What is common in idea does not need any adornment of language . It is dolorous ( 12 ) a to ...
... pretentious expression is justified by the idea or is too elaborate for it : this is the real test by which to detect " fine writing . " What is common in idea does not need any adornment of language . It is dolorous ( 12 ) a to ...
Side 47
... pretentious a word here.—e. To translate this French phrase literally , " gilded youth , " would still be undesirable , as it is a stock expression . " One of the village exquisites " would be fitting here.—f. The word sport admissible ...
... pretentious a word here.—e. To translate this French phrase literally , " gilded youth , " would still be undesirable , as it is a stock expression . " One of the village exquisites " would be fitting here.—f. The word sport admissible ...
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adjective adverb alienism ambiguity antecedent archaism argument assertion beginning better called character Christmas clause clear common composition condensed confounded connectives construction coördinate correct definite dependent clauses distinction distinguished effect element emphasis emphatic English essay EXAMPLES Exercises expression fact following sentences friends give grammatical idea idiom ILLUSTRATIONS important indicated indicative mood kind liable look means metonymy Michael Johnson mind modifier naturally NOTE noun object observed paragraph participial phrase participle particular perhaps periodic sentence person phrase plural poetry preposition present pretentious principle pronoun prose provincialism punctuation question reader reference relation relative relative clause repeated repetition Rewrite the following Rhetoric Rule Rule 55 semicolon sense singular Sir Lancelot slang sometimes sound Study style subjunctive mood subordinate subordinate clause superfluous syllogism tence tense term theme things thought tion tive topic usage verb vulgarism whole writer
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Side 292 - It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision.
Side 290 - Thus the Puritan was made up of two different men, the one all selfabasement, penitence, gratitude, passion ; the other proud, calm, inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before his Maker : but he set his foot on the neck of his king.
Side 256 - Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please, How often have I loitered o'er thy green, Where humble happiness endeared each scene! How often have I paused on every charm, The sheltered cot, the cultivated farm, The never-failing brook, the busy mill, The decent church that topt the neighbouring hill, The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade For talking age and whispering lovers made!
Side 258 - ... that his heart turned within him, and his knees smote together. His companion now emptied the contents of the keg into large flagons, and made signs to him to wait upon the company. He obeyed with fear and trembling ; they quaffed the liquor in profound silence, and then returned to their game.
Side 147 - When the morning was up, they had him to the top of the house, and bid him look south; so he did; and, behold, at a great distance, he saw a most pleasant mountainous country, beautified with woods, vineyards, fruits of all sorts, flowers also, with springs and fountains, very delectable to behold.* Then he asked the name of the country.
Side 299 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Side 34 - In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Side 211 - ... unknown, unloved, or hostile society of the outer world is allowed by either husband or wife to cross the threshold, it ceases to be home ; it is then only a part of that outer world which you have roofed over, and lighted fire in. But so far as it is a sacred place, a vestal temple, a temple of the hearth watched over by Household Gods...
Side 292 - ... little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honour and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone!
Side 293 - The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Providence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being for whose power nothing 5 was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute.