Studies in English Literature: Being Typical Selections of British and American Authorship, from Shakespeare to the Present Time, Together with Definitions, Notes, Analyses, and Glossary as an Aid to Systematic Literary Study, for Use in High and Normal Schools, Academies, Seminaries, &c |
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... things " that awaits him in the au- thors themselves . NEW YORK , March , 1880 . WILLIAM SWINTON . * ** In the preparation of the " Notes , " I have to acknowledge in- debtedness to the Clarendon Press series of British classics , to ...
... things " that awaits him in the au- thors themselves . NEW YORK , March , 1880 . WILLIAM SWINTON . * ** In the preparation of the " Notes , " I have to acknowledge in- debtedness to the Clarendon Press series of British classics , to ...
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... Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme . " - MILTON . " " On the other hand , " prose is often used to denote what is dull and commonplace , without regard to whether the com- position is metrical or non - metrical . 5. Classification ...
... Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme . " - MILTON . " " On the other hand , " prose is often used to denote what is dull and commonplace , without regard to whether the com- position is metrical or non - metrical . 5. Classification ...
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... thing to another , as— X " Him , like the working bee in blossom dust , Blanched with his mill they found . " - TENNYSON , 20. The metaphor is a comparison implied in the lan- guage used . It transfers a word from the object to which it ...
... thing to another , as— X " Him , like the working bee in blossom dust , Blanched with his mill they found . " - TENNYSON , 20. The metaphor is a comparison implied in the lan- guage used . It transfers a word from the object to which it ...
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... thing is de- scribed by the name of another thing having to the thing described the relation of cause , effect , adjunct , or accom- paniment . Thus : 1. Cause for effect , as " the savage desolation of war , " where the cause of the ...
... thing is de- scribed by the name of another thing having to the thing described the relation of cause , effect , adjunct , or accom- paniment . Thus : 1. Cause for effect , as " the savage desolation of war , " where the cause of the ...
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... thing that differs from its original meaning only in degree , and : not in kind ; while a metonymy is a figure in which a word ' is used to express a thing differing from its original in kind . Hence metonymies are somewhat bolder than ...
... thing that differs from its original meaning only in degree , and : not in kind ; while a metonymy is a figure in which a word ' is used to express a thing differing from its original in kind . Hence metonymies are somewhat bolder than ...
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abbey Addison alliteration Analyze this sentence Anglo-Saxon Antony Aurelian beauty behold Brutus Cæsar called death delight doth Dryden Duke earth Edward the Confessor English Essay etymology Explain expression eyes feelings figure of speech genius give grace Greek hand hath hear heart heaven honorable Hudibras human humor INTRODUCTION.-The Julius Cæsar kind of sentence king L'Allegro language learned LITERARY ANALYSIS living look Lord manner Mark Antony meaning metaphor metaphysical poets Milton mind nature never night noble o'er Observe Odenathus paragraph passage passion phrase Pindaric pleasure pleonasm poem poet poetry Point Pope Portia praise pride rhetorically Roman Saracen scene Second Citizen sense Shakespeare Shylock Sir Roger soul sound speak spirit stanza style Supply the ellipsis sweet tence thee things Third Citizen thou thought tion tomb verb words writing Zenobia