Studies in American LiteratureMacmillan, 1912 - 387 pages |
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Page 14
... especially , as the name indicates , with shepherds and shepherdesses . The aim of this type of poetry is simplicity . The shepherds , however , in most exam- ples of the English pastoral , are very unlike the actual men and women who ...
... especially , as the name indicates , with shepherds and shepherdesses . The aim of this type of poetry is simplicity . The shepherds , however , in most exam- ples of the English pastoral , are very unlike the actual men and women who ...
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... especially in long sentences , is " Coherence " ; that is , such an arrangement of the words and such a use of connectives that the thought easily passes from clause to clause ; and the whole sentence hangs together . In all these ...
... especially in long sentences , is " Coherence " ; that is , such an arrangement of the words and such a use of connectives that the thought easily passes from clause to clause ; and the whole sentence hangs together . In all these ...
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... especially use- ful as indicating the qualities we ought to look for in each sort of composition . Thus it is evident that Narrative composition should be clear and simple in its style ; that in it figures of speech should be spar ...
... especially use- ful as indicating the qualities we ought to look for in each sort of composition . Thus it is evident that Narrative composition should be clear and simple in its style ; that in it figures of speech should be spar ...
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... Form I am under obligations especially to Genung's " Practical Rhetoric , " A. S. Hill's " Principles of Rhetoric , " and Wendell's " English Composition . " from the number of feet , as Dimeter , Trimeter 26 Introduction.
... Form I am under obligations especially to Genung's " Practical Rhetoric , " A. S. Hill's " Principles of Rhetoric , " and Wendell's " English Composition . " from the number of feet , as Dimeter , Trimeter 26 Introduction.
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... especially as a preacher , in terrible forms , of future punishment . It is true that , with a creative imagination , and with mas- terful command of language , he expressed what was generally believed as to future punishment ; and the ...
... especially as a preacher , in terrible forms , of future punishment . It is true that , with a creative imagination , and with mas- terful command of language , he expressed what was generally believed as to future punishment ; and the ...
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