A Text-book on Rhetoric (1882) |
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Page 173
... begin several successive words with the same letter . Alliteration , the repetition of the same letter at the beginning of succes- sive words , or words near each other , if not frequent , and obviously striven for , contributes to ...
... begin several successive words with the same letter . Alliteration , the repetition of the same letter at the beginning of succes- sive words , or words near each other , if not frequent , and obviously striven for , contributes to ...
Page 214
... Begin the heading about an inch and a half from the top of the page - on the first ruled line of commercial note - and a little to the left of the middie of the page . If the heading is very short , it may stand on one line . If it ...
... Begin the heading about an inch and a half from the top of the page - on the first ruled line of commercial note - and a little to the left of the middie of the page . If the heading is very short , it may stand on one line . If it ...
Page 217
... begin with a capital letter . All the items of it should be set off by the comma , and , as it is an abbreviated sentence , it should close with a period . Every important word in the salutation should begin with a capital letter , and ...
... begin with a capital letter . All the items of it should be set off by the comma , and , as it is an abbreviated sentence , it should close with a period . Every important word in the salutation should begin with a capital letter , and ...
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