The Province of ProseWilliam R. Keast, Robert E. Streeter Harper, 1956 - 801 Seiten |
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... understanding of it . Devices for use are in fact the more perfect the less understanding they require , and the aim of the inventor is to make his invention , in the Amer- ican phrase , " fool - proof . " We would get an entirely false ...
... understanding of it . Devices for use are in fact the more perfect the less understanding they require , and the aim of the inventor is to make his invention , in the Amer- ican phrase , " fool - proof . " We would get an entirely false ...
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... understanding to men . " 3. The gadget White talks about is an example of a rather widespread Amer- ican fondness for devices to make hard things easy . Find another example of this same attitude and write a criticism of it . Or write a ...
... understanding to men . " 3. The gadget White talks about is an example of a rather widespread Amer- ican fondness for devices to make hard things easy . Find another example of this same attitude and write a criticism of it . Or write a ...
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... understanding and fulfilment of his obligations . Instead , they produced in him the indecision of a Hamlet ; they became a kind of luxury , a kind of solace , and a kind of escape . It may be that Adams has taught us more in ...
... understanding and fulfilment of his obligations . Instead , they produced in him the indecision of a Hamlet ; they became a kind of luxury , a kind of solace , and a kind of escape . It may be that Adams has taught us more in ...
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PART ONE The Writers Problems | 1 |
From The English NoteBooks | 14 |
Three Contemporary Travelers Describe the Western River | 20 |
Urheberrecht | |
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Adams Alistair Cooke American artist boat Braddock cabin called century character civilization Colbatch College Communist cowboy culture described developed DISCUSSION AND WRITING E. B. WHITE E. M. Forster effect English essay example experience expression eyes fact feel Fletcher Pratt Fort Duquesne French give Henry Henry Adams hero Hopalong Cassidy horse human hundred ideas Indians interest kind Kisei knew language learned less live look Mark Twain meaning ment mind modern moral nature never observation paragraph Pargellis party perhaps person phrase Podunk political premises problem reader reason Reprinted seemed sense sentence Shooting an Elephant social society statement steamboat style thing Thoreau thought tion TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION truth turn UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT Walden Walden Pond Western Whig whole words young