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... once ordinary usage . The origin of others has not yet been discovered , but the more the language is studied , the more light is shed upon the history of expressions which do not now carry their meaning on the face of them , as they once ...
... once ordinary usage . The origin of others has not yet been discovered , but the more the language is studied , the more light is shed upon the history of expressions which do not now carry their meaning on the face of them , as they once ...
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... once were used indiscriminately are no longer , or are rarely , so used . For example : admittance and admission ; insurance and assurance ; sanatory and sanitary ; sewage and sewerage . II . Of two forms of expression which may be used ...
... once were used indiscriminately are no longer , or are rarely , so used . For example : admittance and admission ; insurance and assurance ; sanatory and sanitary ; sewage and sewerage . II . Of two forms of expression which may be used ...
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... once decided . In such a case , the protests of scholars and the dogmatism of lexicographers are equally unavailing . It was in vain that Milton , " in a treatise in which he flings about him such forms as ' affatuated ' and ...
... once decided . In such a case , the protests of scholars and the dogmatism of lexicographers are equally unavailing . It was in vain that Milton , " in a treatise in which he flings about him such forms as ' affatuated ' and ...
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... once in medias res . Following him is the fair débutante , who is already on the look - out for un bon parti , but whose nez retroussé is a decided obstacle to her success . She is of course accompanied by mamma en grande toilette , who ...
... once in medias res . Following him is the fair débutante , who is already on the look - out for un bon parti , but whose nez retroussé is a decided obstacle to her success . She is of course accompanied by mamma en grande toilette , who ...
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... once it was established , to mob , mobbish , mob - rule , and mob - law naturally followed . After gas came into general use , - the word with the thing , - it was neces- sary , as well as natural , to form derivatives like gaseous and ...
... once it was established , to mob , mobbish , mob - rule , and mob - law naturally followed . After gas came into general use , - the word with the thing , - it was neces- sary , as well as natural , to form derivatives like gaseous and ...
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