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... history , False tests of or the tendencies of the language . However good English . interesting in themselves , however success- fully prosecuted , such investigations are of little prac- tical value in a study which has to do , not ...
... history , False tests of or the tendencies of the language . However good English . interesting in themselves , however success- fully prosecuted , such investigations are of little prac- tical value in a study which has to do , not ...
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... history of expressions which do not now carry their meaning on the face of them , as they once Lord Chesterfield : Letter to his son , July 9 , O. S , 1750 . 2 Macaulay ; in Trevelyan's " Life and Letters of Macaulay , " vol . ii . chap ...
... history of expressions which do not now carry their meaning on the face of them , as they once Lord Chesterfield : Letter to his son , July 9 , O. S , 1750 . 2 Macaulay ; in Trevelyan's " Life and Letters of Macaulay , " vol . ii . chap ...
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... and vulgarity alike , a writer , while commending himself - 1 Shakspere : Richard III . , act iii . scene vii . 2 Macaulay : History of England , vol . i . chap . v . to the best class of readers , loses nothing in GOOD USE .
... and vulgarity alike , a writer , while commending himself - 1 Shakspere : Richard III . , act iii . scene vii . 2 Macaulay : History of England , vol . i . chap . v . to the best class of readers , loses nothing in GOOD USE .
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... history of chivalry , heraldry , astrol- ogy , on the one hand , and of gas , steam , mining , electricity , on the ... historical novel , for example , archaic expressions may be introduced if they are characteristic of the time in ...
... history of chivalry , heraldry , astrol- ogy , on the one hand , and of gas , steam , mining , electricity , on the ... historical novel , for example , archaic expressions may be introduced if they are characteristic of the time in ...
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... history , " writes Macaulay , " use some of he phrases which you censure . But I do not con- sider a review of this sort as regular history , and I really think that , from the highest and most unquestionable authority , I could ...
... history , " writes Macaulay , " use some of he phrases which you censure . But I do not con- sider a review of this sort as regular history , and I really think that , from the highest and most unquestionable authority , I could ...
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