The English Master; Or, Student's Guide to Reasoning and Composition: Exhibiting an Analytical View of the English Language, of the Human Mind, and of the Principles of Fine WritingSmith, Elder and Company, 1829 - 456 pages |
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The English Master: Or, Student's Guide to Reasoning and Composition ... William Banks No preview available - 2018 |
The English Master: Or, Student's Guide to Reasoning and Composition ... William Banks No preview available - 2018 |
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acquainted action adjectives admitted adverb affirmed amphibrach Anglo-Saxon appears applied attention beauty cęsura called cause circumstances composition consciousness consequence considered degree denotes derived discover distinguished effect elegance employed English English language epic poetry examples exercise existence expressed external objects faculty feeling figure former genius Gothic Greek guage hence human iambus ideas imagination imperative mood important inductive reasoning instances Julius Cęsar justly kind knowledge known language Latin preposition latter manner means mind mode nations nature nouns o'er observations origin participle passions past participle peculiar perceive perception person philosophical phrase poet poetical poetry possess prefixed present principal charm principles produce pronoun qualities racter reasoning regard Romanshe Saxon scarcely sensation sense sentence sentiment signifies sometimes sound speak species speech style substance syllables syllogism taste term termination thee thing thou thought tion trochee truth various verb verse words writing