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A Manual of English Grammar, and Analysis of Sentences
A Manual of English Grammar and Analysis of Sentences Author:Alexander M. Trotter General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1878 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: FIGURES OF SPEECH. (1.) When we use words in their ordinary meaning, or arrange them into such simple forms of expression as are most commonly used and understood, we are said to express our thoughts in plain or (2.) When, to produce a deeper and more vivid impression, we employ words to signify something different from their common meaning, or arrange them in a manner different from their ordinary arrangement, we are said to« less