Six Selections from Irving's Sketch-book: With Notes, Questions, Etc. for Home and School UseGinn & Company, 1891 - 119 Seiten |
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... figures may be learned , as simile , metaphor , synecdoche , and metonymy , and the selection examined with reference to their use . Then , the words may be examined with reference to their orign , derivation , and formation . This , of ...
... figures may be learned , as simile , metaphor , synecdoche , and metonymy , and the selection examined with reference to their use . Then , the words may be examined with reference to their orign , derivation , and formation . This , of ...
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... figure of an old verger , in his black gown , moving along their shadowy 15 vaults , and seeming like a spectre from one of the neighboring tombs . The approach to the abbey through these gloomy monastic remains prepares the mind for ...
... figure of an old verger , in his black gown , moving along their shadowy 15 vaults , and seeming like a spectre from one of the neighboring tombs . The approach to the abbey through these gloomy monastic remains prepares the mind for ...
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... figures , rudely carved in relief , but nearly worn away by 40 the footsteps of many generations . They were the effigies of three of the early abbots : the epitaphs were entirely effaced ; the names alone remained , having no doubt ...
... figures , rudely carved in relief , but nearly worn away by 40 the footsteps of many generations . They were the effigies of three of the early abbots : the epitaphs were entirely effaced ; the names alone remained , having no doubt ...
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... figures are embossed . They re- semble medals . ( Fr. medaille ; Ital . medaglia ; a coin of half a certain value , from Latin medietas , half , from medius , in the middle of . ) From Poets ' Corner I continued my stroll towards that ...
... figures are embossed . They re- semble medals . ( Fr. medaille ; Ital . medaglia ; a coin of half a certain value , from Latin medietas , half , from medius , in the middle of . ) From Poets ' Corner I continued my stroll towards that ...
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... figure of Death , " a sheeted skele- ton , " that he fled in terror , and left his crowbar on the pavement . Roubil- lac , L. F. He was an eminent French sculptor , born in Lyons . He visited England , where he made monuments and ...
... figure of Death , " a sheeted skele- ton , " that he fled in terror , and left his crowbar on the pavement . Roubil- lac , L. F. He was an eminent French sculptor , born in Lyons . He visited England , where he made monuments and ...
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