The Verbalist: A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those who Would Speak and Write with ProprietyD. Appleton, 1881 - 220 sayfa |
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... natural field , rising into inequalities , and diver- sified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn , shaven by the scythe , and leveled by the roller . " There are forms of antithesis in which the ...
... natural field , rising into inequalities , and diver- sified by the varied exuberance of abundant vegetation ; Pope's is a velvet lawn , shaven by the scythe , and leveled by the roller . " There are forms of antithesis in which the ...
Sayfa 27
... natural ; and the operation of the causes which give rise to them is palpable even in our handwriting , which , if not uniform with itself , is gen- erally , nevertheless , so unlike common English script as to be readily distinguished ...
... natural ; and the operation of the causes which give rise to them is palpable even in our handwriting , which , if not uniform with itself , is gen- erally , nevertheless , so unlike common English script as to be readily distinguished ...
Sayfa 76
... natural death . ' Alison , in his ' His- tory of Europe , ' writes : ' Two great sins - one of omission and one of commission - have been committed by the states of Europe in modern times . ' And not long since a worthy Scotch minister ...
... natural death . ' Alison , in his ' His- tory of Europe , ' writes : ' Two great sins - one of omission and one of commission - have been committed by the states of Europe in modern times . ' And not long since a worthy Scotch minister ...
Sayfa 79
... be often in haste , but are never in a hurry ; and we tell others to make haste , and not to hurry up . Hyperbole . The magnifying of things beyond their natural limits is called hyperbole . Language that signifies , THE VERBALIST . 79.
... be often in haste , but are never in a hurry ; and we tell others to make haste , and not to hurry up . Hyperbole . The magnifying of things beyond their natural limits is called hyperbole . Language that signifies , THE VERBALIST . 79.
Sayfa 80
... natural limits is called hyperbole . Language that signifies , literally , more than the exact truth , more than is really in- tended to be represented , by which a thing is represented greater or less , better or worse than it really ...
... natural limits is called hyperbole . Language that signifies , literally , more than the exact truth , more than is really in- tended to be represented , by which a thing is represented greater or less , better or worse than it really ...
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