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... Cæsar might have stood against the world . ( Julius Cæsar . ) In a living language new means of expression come not so much by the introduction or the making of new words but by the adaptation of old words to new uses . You will agree ...
... Cæsar might have stood against the world . ( Julius Cæsar . ) In a living language new means of expression come not so much by the introduction or the making of new words but by the adaptation of old words to new uses . You will agree ...
Page 89
... Cæsar's funeral . ( Julius Cæsar . ) The insertions into the sentences , marked off by commas or dashes or brackets , are illustrations of the PARENTHESIS ( plural PARENTHESES ) . The speaker has turned aside to make an explanation or ...
... Cæsar's funeral . ( Julius Cæsar . ) The insertions into the sentences , marked off by commas or dashes or brackets , are illustrations of the PARENTHESIS ( plural PARENTHESES ) . The speaker has turned aside to make an explanation or ...
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... Julius Cæsar and Augustus Cæsar ; bayonet , reminding us of Bayonne ; currants , the dried grapes of Corinth ; jovial , as being born under Jupiter ( Jove ) the lucky planet ; quixotic , resembling Don Quixote ; utopian , desirable but ...
... Julius Cæsar and Augustus Cæsar ; bayonet , reminding us of Bayonne ; currants , the dried grapes of Corinth ; jovial , as being born under Jupiter ( Jove ) the lucky planet ; quixotic , resembling Don Quixote ; utopian , desirable but ...
Common terms and phrases
accent adjective adverb Alice Alice in Wonderland Antony beauty Ben Jonson better Brutus CÆSURA called Charles Lamb clause comma consonant dear delight doth effective English example expression eyes G. B. SHAW give grammar Greek Hamlet hand hath hear hearers heart honour Iambic Pentameter idea inflexions instance Julius Cæsar King Lady language Latin light lines live Look Lord Macaulay matter meaning metaphor metonymy Milton mind never Nominative Absolute notice noun objective paragraph passage Perhaps periphrasis person phrase play plural poem poet poetry Pope preposition pronoun pronunciation prose question quotation reader reason rhyming rhythm sense sentence Shakespeare silent sing singular sonnet sound speak speaker speech spelling split infinitive style sweet syllable talk tell term thee thing thou thought tongue Transitive Verb TROCHEE usually verb verse voice vowel words writing