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... present needs , I have tried to make the book more serviceable to advanced students of English Composition . From Book I. of Part I. some elementary matters have been omitted , but so much material has been added that the total number ...
... present needs , I have tried to make the book more serviceable to advanced students of English Composition . From Book I. of Part I. some elementary matters have been omitted , but so much material has been added that the total number ...
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... present meaning of a word is not fixed by its etymology , nor its inflection by the inflection of other words with which it may , for some purposes , be classed . Athletics ( from the Greek ) , farina ( from the Latin ) . flour ( from ...
... present meaning of a word is not fixed by its etymology , nor its inflection by the inflection of other words with which it may , for some purposes , be classed . Athletics ( from the Greek ) , farina ( from the Latin ) . flour ( from ...
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... presents them to us , Fastidi- without looking at the root . If we grubbed under this and laid it bare , we should leave no room for our thoughts to lie evenly , and every expression would be constrained and crampt . We should scarcely ...
... presents them to us , Fastidi- without looking at the root . If we grubbed under this and laid it bare , we should leave no room for our thoughts to lie evenly , and every expression would be constrained and crampt . We should scarcely ...
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... Present , National , and Reputable use : present , as opposed to obsolete or ephemeral ; national , as opposed to local , professional , or foreign ; reputable , as opposed to vulgar or affected . - PRESENT USE is determined neither by ...
... Present , National , and Reputable use : present , as opposed to obsolete or ephemeral ; national , as opposed to local , professional , or foreign ; reputable , as opposed to vulgar or affected . - PRESENT USE is determined neither by ...
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... present use . Familiar instances are supplied by the history of chivalry , heraldry , astrol- ogy , on the one hand , and of gas , steam , mining , electricity , on the other . Sometimes words long disused are recalled to life ...
... present use . Familiar instances are supplied by the history of chivalry , heraldry , astrol- ogy , on the one hand , and of gas , steam , mining , electricity , on the other . Sometimes words long disused are recalled to life ...
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