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Pagina 34
... ideas in contrast to one another , you compose an ANTITHESIS ( the plural of which is ANTITHESES ) . " But " and " yet are the usual ushers of the contrasted idea . A well - devised antithesis quickens the attention and impresses the idea ...
... ideas in contrast to one another , you compose an ANTITHESIS ( the plural of which is ANTITHESES ) . " But " and " yet are the usual ushers of the contrasted idea . A well - devised antithesis quickens the attention and impresses the idea ...
Pagina 148
... idea new to him , will stop , will consider , will decline to go on till he has this idea firmly in his mind . The speaker cannot hope for such delibera- tion . Vox perit , litera scripta manet , is his warning ; “ the sound of my voice ...
... idea new to him , will stop , will consider , will decline to go on till he has this idea firmly in his mind . The speaker cannot hope for such delibera- tion . Vox perit , litera scripta manet , is his warning ; “ the sound of my voice ...
Pagina 313
... idea to be conveyed is the important matter ; but in convey- ing the idea , you will instinctively consider the manner of conveyance also . An old author writes : " When you see a fellow careful about his words and neat in his speech ...
... idea to be conveyed is the important matter ; but in convey- ing the idea , you will instinctively consider the manner of conveyance also . An old author writes : " When you see a fellow careful about his words and neat in his speech ...
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accent adjective adverb Alice Alice in Wonderland Antony beauty Ben Jonson better Brutus Cęsura called Charles Lamb clause comma consonant dear delight doth effective English example expression eyes G. B. SHAW give grammar Greek Hamlet hand hath hear hearers heart honour Iambic Pentameter idea instance Julius Cęsar King Lady language Latin light lines live Look Lord Macaulay matter meaning metaphor metonymy Milton mind never Nominative Absolute notice noun objective Paradise Lost paragraph passage Perhaps periphrasis person phrase play plural poem poet poetry Pope preposition pronoun pronunciation prose question quotation reader reason rhyming rhythm sense sentence Shakespeare silent sing singular sonnet sound speak speaker speech spelling split infinitive style sweet syllable talk tell term thee thing thou thought tongue Transitive Verb TROCHEE usually verb verse voice vowel words writing