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... phrase " at any rate " ? Are not words of Saxon ori- gin invariably preferable to all others ? Should sen- tences be long or short ? These random memories are sufficient examples of many hundreds of inquiries . They have in common , as ...
... phrase " at any rate " ? Are not words of Saxon ori- gin invariably preferable to all others ? Should sen- tences be long or short ? These random memories are sufficient examples of many hundreds of inquiries . They have in common , as ...
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... phrase was ever literally true , but simply and solely because , nobody knows why , good use once sanctioned one form , and now sanc- tions the others . ― I have dwelt thus long on good use because , as I have said more than once ...
... phrase was ever literally true , but simply and solely because , nobody knows why , good use once sanctioned one form , and now sanc- tions the others . ― I have dwelt thus long on good use because , as I have said more than once ...
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... phrase these three principles of composition as follows : ( 1 ) Every composition should group itself about one central idea ; ( 2 ) The chief parts of every composi- tion should be so placed as readily to catch the eye ; ( 3 ) Finally ...
... phrase these three principles of composition as follows : ( 1 ) Every composition should group itself about one central idea ; ( 2 ) The chief parts of every composi- tion should be so placed as readily to catch the eye ; ( 3 ) Finally ...
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... phrases to be found in every text ? When Ophelia asks him what his play means , he answers , " This is miching mallecho ... phrase , we all use the word let ; roughly speaking , it means to allow , to permit : you let a child sit up past ...
... phrases to be found in every text ? When Ophelia asks him what his play means , he answers , " This is miching mallecho ... phrase , we all use the word let ; roughly speaking , it means to allow , to permit : you let a child sit up past ...
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... phrase which the Portu- guese pronounced ig - leaf , a perfect rhyme with fig - leaf ; they spelled it , I discovered later , high - life , and believed it very choice English . The truth is that novelty of expression frequently masks ...
... phrase which the Portu- guese pronounced ig - leaf , a perfect rhyme with fig - leaf ; they spelled it , I discovered later , high - life , and believed it very choice English . The truth is that novelty of expression frequently masks ...
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English Composition: Eight Lectures Given at the Lowell Institute Barrett Wendell Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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