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Page 50
... close to the mind long enough for its full reaction upon the theme , even though old elements have to be repeated ; yet in this case they would assume new aspects and relations . The time factor is most easily secured when the speaker ...
... close to the mind long enough for its full reaction upon the theme , even though old elements have to be repeated ; yet in this case they would assume new aspects and relations . The time factor is most easily secured when the speaker ...
Page 210
... close : " But the sorrows of the poor , who have no outer appliances to soothe , the sorrows of the aged , with whom life at best is but a wintry day , and who can look for no after - growth of joy , - the sorrows of a widow , aged ...
... close : " But the sorrows of the poor , who have no outer appliances to soothe , the sorrows of the aged , with whom life at best is but a wintry day , and who can look for no after - growth of joy , - the sorrows of a widow , aged ...
Page 216
... close of each of two or more lines . These sounds must not be identical throughout , but only so from the accented syllable to the close . When the accented vowel and the sound or sounds which follow are identical , the rhyme is said to ...
... close of each of two or more lines . These sounds must not be identical throughout , but only so from the accented syllable to the close . When the accented vowel and the sound or sounds which follow are identical , the rhyme is said to ...
Page 239
... close- fitting words . Whatever trains the mind to bound ideas accurately and to conceive them clearly makes possible the choice of an exact word . And , further- more , the mind , impressed with a sense of accuracy in the idea itself ...
... close- fitting words . Whatever trains the mind to bound ideas accurately and to conceive them clearly makes possible the choice of an exact word . And , further- more , the mind , impressed with a sense of accuracy in the idea itself ...
Page 256
... close . The effect of this in a single sentence is so slight as not to be felt ; but a series of such will soon exhaust the energies of the mind , and leave it without the power to realize the thought conveyed . The tiresome effect is ...
... close . The effect of this in a single sentence is so slight as not to be felt ; but a series of such will soon exhaust the energies of the mind , and leave it without the power to realize the thought conveyed . The tiresome effect is ...
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