A Text-book on Rhetoric (1882) |
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... containing the kinds of adverb clauses used above , and write compound sentences , and illustrate the changes there shown . LESSON 17 . SUBSTITUTION AND CONTRACTION . Adjective , adverb , and noun clauses may be contracted to infinitive ...
... containing the kinds of adverb clauses used above , and write compound sentences , and illustrate the changes there shown . LESSON 17 . SUBSTITUTION AND CONTRACTION . Adjective , adverb , and noun clauses may be contracted to infinitive ...
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... CONTAINING ALLUSIONS . A figure of speech may contain a reference to some noteworthy incident in history , in classic story or litera- ture , in the Bible , or to some fable or proverb or well- known custom , and so may carry additional ...
... CONTAINING ALLUSIONS . A figure of speech may contain a reference to some noteworthy incident in history , in classic story or litera- ture , in the Bible , or to some fable or proverb or well- known custom , and so may carry additional ...
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... containing specific words , and do with them as directed above . LESSON 58 . SPECIFIC WORDS . Direction . ( 1 ) Construct sentences containing these generic words ; and then ( 2 ) exchange them for their corresponding specific words ...
... containing specific words , and do with them as directed above . LESSON 58 . SPECIFIC WORDS . Direction . ( 1 ) Construct sentences containing these generic words ; and then ( 2 ) exchange them for their corresponding specific words ...
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