Rhetoric and CompositionH. Holt, 1906 - 259 páginas |
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... man . He shows us the court , the camp , and the senate . But he shows us also the nation . He considers no anecdote , no peculiarity of manner , no familiar saying , as too insignificant for his notice which is not too insignificant to ...
... man . He shows us the court , the camp , and the senate . But he shows us also the nation . He considers no anecdote , no peculiarity of manner , no familiar saying , as too insignificant for his notice which is not too insignificant to ...
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A. R. Wallace alliteration animals appearance argument Arlo Bates assertions avoid beautiful beginning called characters classification clauses clear color common composition coördinate course defined discourse distinct division effect English example exposition express fact fault feet following passage following sentences genus give grammar hand Hence Hester Prynne idea illustration imagination Inductive reasoning kind Lafcadio Hearn language less literature logical look matter means method metonymy Middlemarch mind Minor premise Mother Shipton narration narrative nature never nocturnal animals observer Ordinarily paragraph periodic sentence phrases point of view possible precise principles proposition prose purpose R. L. Stevenson reader reasoning regarded relation rule seen seldom sense Silverado Squatters species Stevenson story structure style SUBJECTS FOR THEMES SUGGESTED SUBJECTS Sullivan's Island synecdoche term things thought tion tive topic truth unity variety verb vividness whole wishes words writer
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Página 37 - He shows us the court, the camp, and the senate. But he shows us also the nation. He considers no anecdote, no peculiarity of manner, no familiar saying, as too insignificant for his notice which is not too insignificant to illustrate the operation of laws, of religion, and of education, and to mark the progress of the human mind.
Página 215 - But that the legislature can repeal statutes creating private corporations, or confirming to them property already acquired under the faith of previous laws, and by such repeal can vest the property of such corporations exclusively in the State, or dispose of the same to such purposes as they may please, without the consent or default of the corporators...
Información bibliográfica
| Título | Rhetoric and Composition |
| Autor | Edward Fulton |
| Editor | H. Holt, 1906 |
| Largo | 259 páginas |
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