English Prose Composition: With Illustrative ExamplesH. Holt, 1911 - 317 من الصفحات |
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... and a penny version - book would be in my hand , to note down the feature of the scene or commemorate some halting stanzas . Thus I lived with words . And what I · · · · thus wrote was for no ulterior GENERAL PRINCIPLES.
... and a penny version - book would be in my hand , to note down the feature of the scene or commemorate some halting stanzas . Thus I lived with words . And what I · · · · thus wrote was for no ulterior GENERAL PRINCIPLES.
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... hands on , or , at any rate , that seems worth while ; then let him turn it over in his mind , assimilate it , and reflect upon it . After this , if there is a spark of originality in him it will make itself evident . 3. PLANNING THE ...
... hands on , or , at any rate , that seems worth while ; then let him turn it over in his mind , assimilate it , and reflect upon it . After this , if there is a spark of originality in him it will make itself evident . 3. PLANNING THE ...
الصفحة 7
... hand and strung together in a haphazard way . It must have organic character . All its parts must be bound together and must con- tribute toward the production of some given effect . That is to say , it must have a central idea running ...
... hand and strung together in a haphazard way . It must have organic character . All its parts must be bound together and must con- tribute toward the production of some given effect . That is to say , it must have a central idea running ...
الصفحة 9
... hand , and the effectiveness of the composition will be to that extent impaired . The planning of a composition is thus a matter requiring some forethought . Good coherence in the composition cannot be secured without a plan . It is not ...
... hand , and the effectiveness of the composition will be to that extent impaired . The planning of a composition is thus a matter requiring some forethought . Good coherence in the composition cannot be secured without a plan . It is not ...
الصفحة 11
... extended introductions are quite out of place . Ordinarily , the writer should begin at once with the subject in hand . In very short compositions , he should always do so . The space at his PLANNING THE COMPOSITION 11.
... extended introductions are quite out of place . Ordinarily , the writer should begin at once with the subject in hand . In very short compositions , he should always do so . The space at his PLANNING THE COMPOSITION 11.
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الصفحة 269 - WHOEVER has made a voyage up the Hudson must remember the Kaatskill mountains. They are a dismembered branch of the great Appalachian family, and are seen away to the west of the river, swelling up to a noble height, and lording it over the surrounding country.
الصفحة 272 - Winkle, however, was one of those happy mortals, of foolish, well-oiled dispositions, who take the world easy, eat white bread or brown, whichever can be got with least thought or trouble, and would rather starve on a penny than work for a pound.
الصفحة 257 - To prevent the apprehended effect of such an inclination, my father was impatient to have me bound to my brother. I stood out some time, but at last was persuaded, and signed the indentures when I was yet but twelve years old.
الصفحة 16 - Rip was equally at a loss to comprehend the question ; when a knowing, self-important old gentleman, in a sharp cocked hat, made his way through the crowd, putting them to the right and left with his elbows as he passed, and planting himself before Van Winkle, with one arm akimbo, the other resting on his cane, his keen eyes and sharp hat penetrating, as it were, into his very soul, demanded in an austere tone, " what brought him to the election with a gun on his shoulder, and a mob at hia heels,...
الصفحة 304 - English scenery is the moral feeling that seems to pervade it. It is associated in the mind with ideas of order, of quiet, of sober well-established principles, of hoary usage and reverend custom.
الصفحة 165 - Gladstone, a not too friendly critic, has said that " as the British Constitution is the most subtle organism which has proceeded from progressive history, so the American Constitution is the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man.
الصفحة 270 - ... the blue tints of the upland melt away into the fresh green of the nearer landscape. It is a little village of great antiquity, having been founded by some of the Dutch colonists, in the early times of the province, just about the beginning of the government of the good Peter Stuyvesant, (may he rest in peace !) and there were some of the houses of the original settlers standing within a few years, built of small yellow bricks brought from Holland, having latticed windows and gable fronts, surmounted...
الصفحة 15 - ... drunkard. The cavalcade provoked no comments from the spectators, nor was any word uttered by the escort. Only, when the gulch which marked the uttermost limit of Poker Flat was reached, the leader spoke briefly and to the point. The exiles were forbidden to return at the peril of their lives. As the escort disappeared, their pent-up feelings found vent in a few hysterical tears from the Duchess, some bad language from Mother Shipton, and a Parthian volley of expletives from Uncle Billy. The...
الصفحة 121 - The civilised world is to be regarded as now being, for intellectual and spiritual purposes, one great confederation, bound to a joint action and working to a common result ; and whose members have for their proper outfit a knowledge of Greek, Roman, and Eastern antiquity, and of one another. Special local and temporary advantages being put out of account, that modern nation will in the intellectual and spiritual sphere make most progress, which most thoroughly carries out this programme.
الصفحة 16 - They crowded round him, eyeing him from head to foot with great curiosity. The orator bustled up to him, and, drawing him partly aside, inquired on which side he voted.