The Writer's Handbook, a Guide to the Art of Composition, Embracing a General Treatise on Composition and Style: Instruction in English Composition, with Exercises for Paraphrasing; and an Elaborate Letter-writer's Vademecum, in which are Numerous Rules and Suggestions Relating to the Epistolary Art, Volumes 1-3 |
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... Hist . of the Roman Empire . Cæsar having in this manner made an example which he supposed was to overawe all the nations of that neighbourhood , he withdrew with his army . Ferguson's Hist . of the Roman Republic . Who is the poet but ...
... Hist . of the Roman Empire . Cæsar having in this manner made an example which he supposed was to overawe all the nations of that neighbourhood , he withdrew with his army . Ferguson's Hist . of the Roman Republic . Who is the poet but ...
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... Hist . of England . There sleep many a Homer and Virgil , legitimate heirs of their genius . Disraeli's Literary Character . The Duchy of Pomerania , with the island of Rugen were ceded by Sweden to the Danish crown . - Alison's Europe ...
... Hist . of England . There sleep many a Homer and Virgil , legitimate heirs of their genius . Disraeli's Literary Character . The Duchy of Pomerania , with the island of Rugen were ceded by Sweden to the Danish crown . - Alison's Europe ...
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... Hist . of Civil Society . ' Tis observable , that every one of the letters bear date after his banishment . - Bentley's Dissert . on Themistocles's Epistles . Every invention known in the European art of war , as well as every ...
... Hist . of Civil Society . ' Tis observable , that every one of the letters bear date after his banishment . - Bentley's Dissert . on Themistocles's Epistles . Every invention known in the European art of war , as well as every ...
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... Hist . of England . The auxiliaries shall and will should be carefully discriminated . The following old rule will be found useful for this purpose : - In the first person simply shall foretells ; In will a threat or else a promise ...
... Hist . of England . The auxiliaries shall and will should be carefully discriminated . The following old rule will be found useful for this purpose : - In the first person simply shall foretells ; In will a threat or else a promise ...
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... Hist . of Civil Society . In these examples , the past tense active is used instead of the perfect participle . This confusion should upon every occasion be scrupulously avoided . The English language does not admit of any great variety ...
... Hist . of Civil Society . In these examples , the past tense active is used instead of the perfect participle . This confusion should upon every occasion be scrupulously avoided . The English language does not admit of any great variety ...
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