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... precisely the same as the reason why letters are anything more than meaningless marks . Language , as the very origin of the word shows , it means almost exactly what we sometimes express by its synonym tongue , is originally spoken ...
... precisely the same as the reason why letters are anything more than meaningless marks . Language , as the very origin of the word shows , it means almost exactly what we sometimes express by its synonym tongue , is originally spoken ...
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... precisely what makes English letters and words stand for the thoughts and emo- tions that make up our conscious lives ; namely , that many thousands of human beings tacitly agreed what this double system of symbols should symbolize ...
... precisely what makes English letters and words stand for the thoughts and emo- tions that make up our conscious lives ; namely , that many thousands of human beings tacitly agreed what this double system of symbols should symbolize ...
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... which would possess unity for precisely the same reason . So , in a general account of con- temporary English literature , we should be rather - - surprised not to find at least a paragraph devoted 30 ENGLISH COMPOSITION .
... which would possess unity for precisely the same reason . So , in a general account of con- temporary English literature , we should be rather - - surprised not to find at least a paragraph devoted 30 ENGLISH COMPOSITION .
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... precisely the same reason that caused us to recog- nize it in the imaginary chapter , or in Mr. Cross's book . And a very short article a leader in a news- paper , for example - which should deal with modern novels in general would be ...
... precisely the same reason that caused us to recog- nize it in the imaginary chapter , or in Mr. Cross's book . And a very short article a leader in a news- paper , for example - which should deal with modern novels in general would be ...
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... precisely the office of proper names , -to identify separate ideas . John Jones , American citizen , tax - payer ; kill , put to death , execute ; admi- rable , not to be endured , - all these are names of ideas . So is every word I ...
... precisely the office of proper names , -to identify separate ideas . John Jones , American citizen , tax - payer ; kill , put to death , execute ; admi- rable , not to be endured , - all these are names of ideas . So is every word I ...
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English Composition: Eight Lectures Given at the Lowell Institute Barrett Wendell Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
English Composition: Eight Lectures Given at the Lowell Institute Barrett Wendell Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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