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... already . Style is the expression in words of thought and emotion ; each man's thought and eme- tion differs from every other man's . I confess to a growing belief that the best thing any one can do 8 ENGLISH COMPOSITION .
... already . Style is the expression in words of thought and emotion ; each man's thought and eme- tion differs from every other man's . I confess to a growing belief that the best thing any one can do 8 ENGLISH COMPOSITION .
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... already , good use is inevi- tably the basis of all good style . Whoever strays from it is first " original , " then eccentric , then ob- scure , then unintelligible . Whoever writes a totally foreign language is of course ...
... already , good use is inevi- tably the basis of all good style . Whoever strays from it is first " original , " then eccentric , then ob- scure , then unintelligible . Whoever writes a totally foreign language is of course ...
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... already survived them a year or two . Now , there is , I conceive , just one excuse for a brand - new word ; namely , a brand - new idea . When telephones were invented we needed a vocabulary to fit the facts , and straightway ...
... already survived them a year or two . Now , there is , I conceive , just one excuse for a brand - new word ; namely , a brand - new idea . When telephones were invented we needed a vocabulary to fit the facts , and straightway ...
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... already considered , " Nero killed Agrippina , " with the passive form of the same statement , " Agrippina was killed . " The first phrase is specific . The function of the passive voice is to effect a separation between an action and ...
... already considered , " Nero killed Agrippina , " with the passive form of the same statement , " Agrippina was killed . " The first phrase is specific . The function of the passive voice is to effect a separation between an action and ...
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... already seen to be highly worth cultivating . At the same time , for very many reasons , a writer may very properly wish to express something which can be As a expressed by nothing short of diffuseness . positive 66 ENGLISH COMPOSITION .
... already seen to be highly worth cultivating . At the same time , for very many reasons , a writer may very properly wish to express something which can be As a expressed by nothing short of diffuseness . positive 66 ENGLISH COMPOSITION .
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English Composition: Eight Lectures Given at the Lowell Institute Barrett Wendell Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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