A Text-book on Rhetoric (1882) |
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Page 65
... marked with Ro- man I. and II .; under these make as many sub - paragraphs as you think there should be , with their sub - topics marked with Arabic fig- ures , and write the subject of the theme at the top : - The tea - plant ...
... marked with Ro- man I. and II .; under these make as many sub - paragraphs as you think there should be , with their sub - topics marked with Arabic fig- ures , and write the subject of the theme at the top : - The tea - plant ...
Page 232
... marked in his language as in ours . In the one case there would be no propor- tion , no music , in the verse thus read ; in the other , the word , robbed of its customary strong accent , would not be recognized by the hearer . We ...
... marked in his language as in ours . In the one case there would be no propor- tion , no music , in the verse thus read ; in the other , the word , robbed of its customary strong accent , would not be recognized by the hearer . We ...
Page 247
... marked C. M. , con- sists of four - line stanzas , the first and third line tetrame- ter , and the second and fourth trimeter , as this : - No mortal can with him compare Among the sons of men ; Fairer is he than all the fair That fill ...
... marked C. M. , con- sists of four - line stanzas , the first and third line tetrame- ter , and the second and fourth trimeter , as this : - No mortal can with him compare Among the sons of men ; Fairer is he than all the fair That fill ...
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