College Readings in English ProseFrank William Scott, Jacob Zeitlin |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page v
... matter , in typical forms , and in levels of style than other compilations of the same kind . Here will be found a good deal of that literature of ideas which forms the staple of some recent volumes of selections . But in addition to ...
... matter , in typical forms , and in levels of style than other compilations of the same kind . Here will be found a good deal of that literature of ideas which forms the staple of some recent volumes of selections . But in addition to ...
Page vi
... matters as dic- tion , sentence structure , and paragraphing , as well as larger structural qualities and points of literary technique , are briefly discussed at some appropriate point in the notes and frequently alluded to throughout ...
... matters as dic- tion , sentence structure , and paragraphing , as well as larger structural qualities and points of literary technique , are briefly discussed at some appropriate point in the notes and frequently alluded to throughout ...
Page viii
... matter which has outlived its usefulness . The Appendix of Student Themes has also been sacrificed . For material used for the first time in this revision the editors wish to make acknowledgment to The Macmillan Com- pany , Houghton ...
... matter which has outlived its usefulness . The Appendix of Student Themes has also been sacrificed . For material used for the first time in this revision the editors wish to make acknowledgment to The Macmillan Com- pany , Houghton ...
Page 15
... matter of some nicety and discrimination to pick out the very one , the preferableness of which is scarcely perceptible , but decisive . The reason why I object to Dr. Johnson's style is that there is no discrimination , no selection ...
... matter of some nicety and discrimination to pick out the very one , the preferableness of which is scarcely perceptible , but decisive . The reason why I object to Dr. Johnson's style is that there is no discrimination , no selection ...
Page 19
... matter of fact , reading a prose densely packed with images and analogies , none of which we actually visualize . " Approaching end , " " astonished grief , " grief sweeping over the country , " monstrous reversal , " ' the course of ...
... matter of fact , reading a prose densely packed with images and analogies , none of which we actually visualize . " Approaching end , " " astonished grief , " grief sweeping over the country , " monstrous reversal , " ' the course of ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
advisory opinion Æschylus American Assembly beauty become bees believe body Brown Brown Pelicans called character Child Labor Amendment committee Constitution council course court democracy Denis Denry effect Eighteenth Amendment English equal essay eyes fact feeling feet give Greek ground hand head hive House human idea industry interest Invisible Woman kind labor Lafcadio Hearn larvæ League of Nations less liberty light living look machine Mark Twain matter means ment mind moral Muscle Shoals nature never night once opinion organization party passed passion political present prose protoplasm queen question Reprinted by permission rule scene seems Senate sense sentence social spirit statute Tatler things thought tion treaty trees turned Waverley Novels whole words workers World Court writing young