Studies in American LiteratureMacmillan, 1912 - 387 pages |
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Page 11
... hand . The billows rolled and plunged upon the sand , The circling sea - gulls swept beyond his ken , And from the parting cloud - rack now and then Flashed the red sunset over sea and land . Then by the billows at his feet was tossed A ...
... hand . The billows rolled and plunged upon the sand , The circling sea - gulls swept beyond his ken , And from the parting cloud - rack now and then Flashed the red sunset over sea and land . Then by the billows at his feet was tossed A ...
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... Hand- book of Poetics , " by F. B. Gummere , and " A Primer of English Verse , " by Hiram Corson . " Ballades and Rondeaus , " edited by Gleeson White , contains a good account of the French forms . Norman . differences in the selection ...
... Hand- book of Poetics , " by F. B. Gummere , and " A Primer of English Verse , " by Hiram Corson . " Ballades and Rondeaus , " edited by Gleeson White , contains a good account of the French forms . Norman . differences in the selection ...
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... hand , a loose sentence is one in which the clauses are so put together that one or more of them could be cut off and a complete sen- tence left . That is , there is no attempt made to hold the main thought in suspense . It is made ...
... hand , a loose sentence is one in which the clauses are so put together that one or more of them could be cut off and a complete sen- tence left . That is , there is no attempt made to hold the main thought in suspense . It is made ...
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... hand a page broken up into numerous very short paragraphs , unless , of course , conversation or a collection of proverbs , makes an impression of a broken , disconnected style which is to many minds even more wearisome . The principles ...
... hand a page broken up into numerous very short paragraphs , unless , of course , conversation or a collection of proverbs , makes an impression of a broken , disconnected style which is to many minds even more wearisome . The principles ...
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... hand , in the dim antiquity of early English History we find some great literary monuments , as the Epic poem , " Beowolf , " and the writings of Cadmon and Cynewulf . There is noth- ing like these in American History ; and the reason ...
... hand , in the dim antiquity of early English History we find some great literary monuments , as the Epic poem , " Beowolf , " and the writings of Cadmon and Cynewulf . There is noth- ing like these in American History ; and the reason ...
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