The Principles of RhetoricAmerican book Company, 1923 - 431 páginas |
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... turning over two or three of his papers at breakfast . I would no more use the word ' bore ' or ' awkward squad ' in a composition meant to be uniformly seri- ous and earnest , than Addison would in a State paper have called 1 Used ...
... turning over two or three of his papers at breakfast . I would no more use the word ' bore ' or ' awkward squad ' in a composition meant to be uniformly seri- ous and earnest , than Addison would in a State paper have called 1 Used ...
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... turn , gives author- ity to the words that they adopt . Most words which are in both present and national use are in reputable use also ; but there are words which , though in more or less good colloquial use in all parts of the country ...
... turn , gives author- ity to the words that they adopt . Most words which are in both present and national use are in reputable use also ; but there are words which , though in more or less good colloquial use in all parts of the country ...
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... thing is to thrust it out ; but those who know nothing about it , except that it is a fine - looking phrase , use it in a sense precisely Is this the proper pronoun the reverse , - to denote , not turning anything 12 GRAMMATICAL PURITY ,
... thing is to thrust it out ; but those who know nothing about it , except that it is a fine - looking phrase , use it in a sense precisely Is this the proper pronoun the reverse , - to denote , not turning anything 12 GRAMMATICAL PURITY ,
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Adams Sherman Hill. the reverse , - to denote , not turning anything out , but bringing it in . They talk of eliminating some truth , or other useful result , from a mass of details . " 1 IV . Another class of improprieties comprises ...
Adams Sherman Hill. the reverse , - to denote , not turning anything out , but bringing it in . They talk of eliminating some truth , or other useful result , from a mass of details . " 1 IV . Another class of improprieties comprises ...
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... turn from following me , ye or your chil dren , and will not keep my commandments then will cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them . ” 8 · .. " He [ Montezuma ] begs only that when he shall relate his suf- ferings , you ...
... turn from following me , ye or your chil dren , and will not keep my commandments then will cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them . ” 8 · .. " He [ Montezuma ] begs only that when he shall relate his suf- ferings , you ...
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