Aids to English Composition, Prepared for Students of All Grades: Embracing Specimens and Examples of School and College Exercises, and Most of the Higher Departments of English Composition, Both in Prose and Verse |
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... nouns ; and nouns for adjectives ; ascribe quali ties to things , to which ... third persons . 4. They arbitrarly employ or omit the prefixes ; use active ... nouns , the auxiliary after the principal verb ; the preposition after the ...
... nouns ; and nouns for adjectives ; ascribe quali ties to things , to which ... third persons . 4. They arbitrarly employ or omit the prefixes ; use active ... nouns , the auxiliary after the principal verb ; the preposition after the ...
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... nouns and third persons singular of the present tense in ap , as caps , maps , & c . , he saps , he laps , & c . Allowable rhymes , the plurals of nouns and third persons singular of verbs in ape and eap , as apes , he apes , heaps , he ...
... nouns and third persons singular of the present tense in ap , as caps , maps , & c . , he saps , he laps , & c . Allowable rhymes , the plurals of nouns and third persons singular of verbs in ape and eap , as apes , he apes , heaps , he ...
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... nouns and third persons singular of verbs in are , air , eir , ear , as care , he cares , pair , he pairs , heirs bear , he bears , & c . The allowable rhymes are the plurals of nouns and th third persons singular of verbs which are ...
... nouns and third persons singular of verbs in are , air , eir , ear , as care , he cares , pair , he pairs , heirs bear , he bears , & c . The allowable rhymes are the plurals of nouns and th third persons singular of verbs which are ...
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... nouns , and third persons singular of verbs in aw , as laws , he draws , & c . Allowable rhyme , was . AUST , see OST , AW . Craw , daw , law , chaw , claw , draw , flaw , gnaw , jaw , law , maw , paw , raw , aw , straw , thaw ...
... nouns , and third persons singular of verbs in aw , as laws , he draws , & c . Allowable rhyme , was . AUST , see OST , AW . Craw , daw , law , chaw , claw , draw , flaw , gnaw , jaw , law , maw , paw , raw , aw , straw , thaw ...
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... nouns , and third persons singular of verbs in ack , as backs , sacks , & c . , he lacks , he packs , & c . Allowable rhymes , the plurals of nouns , and third persons singular of verbs in ake , as cakes , lakes , & c . , he makes , he ...
... nouns , and third persons singular of verbs in ack , as backs , sacks , & c . , he lacks , he packs , & c . Allowable rhymes , the plurals of nouns , and third persons singular of verbs in ake , as cakes , lakes , & c . , he makes , he ...
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accent acute accent adverb Allowable rhymes Antonomasia beauty cæsura called Catachresis character clause comma composition compound compound sentence consists derived earth effect English English language Example 1st Example 2d exercise expression eyes father feelings figure following sentence Francesco Doria frequently give grave accent Greek Greek language happiness heart honor idea imagination kind labor lady language Latin Latin language letter literary look manner means mind moral nature Nearly perfect rhymes never nouns and third object observed Onomatopoeia participles of verbs phrases pleasure Pleonasm plurals of nouns poet poetical poetry present preterits and participles principles pronoun proper proposition prose remarkable rule Saxon sense short signifies sometimes sound spirit Spondee student style syllable tautology thing third persons singular thou thought tion Trochaic Trochee truth verse virtue words writer written young