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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... circumstances which are apt to persuade us that a grammatical study of our native tongue is altogether superfluous . Were the language less easy and simple , we should find our- selves under the necessity of studying it with greater ...
... circumstances which are apt to persuade us that a grammatical study of our native tongue is altogether superfluous . Were the language less easy and simple , we should find our- selves under the necessity of studying it with greater ...
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... . Neither of them are remarkable for precision . -Blair's Lectures . We should reckon every circumstance which enable them to divide and to maintain themselves in distinct and independent communities . Purity. of. Style . 33.
... . Neither of them are remarkable for precision . -Blair's Lectures . We should reckon every circumstance which enable them to divide and to maintain themselves in distinct and independent communities . Purity. of. Style . 33.
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... circumstances peculiar to ancient times , by terms characteristic of modern institutions and manners , may safely be classed among the chief improprieties of style . Gavin Douglas , the celebrated bishop of Dunkeld , has exhibited many ...
... circumstances peculiar to ancient times , by terms characteristic of modern institutions and manners , may safely be classed among the chief improprieties of style . Gavin Douglas , the celebrated bishop of Dunkeld , has exhibited many ...
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... circumstances ; they are varied by some accessory idea which severally accompanies each of the words , and which forms the distinction between them . As they are like different shades of the same colour , an accurate writer can employ ...
... circumstances ; they are varied by some accessory idea which severally accompanies each of the words , and which forms the distinction between them . As they are like different shades of the same colour , an accurate writer can employ ...
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... circumstances . To avow , supposes the person to glory in it ; to acknowledge , * supposes a small degree of delinquency , which the acknowledgement compensates ; to confess , supposes. * Confess implies a greater amount of spontaneity ...
... circumstances . To avow , supposes the person to glory in it ; to acknowledge , * supposes a small degree of delinquency , which the acknowledgement compensates ; to confess , supposes. * Confess implies a greater amount of spontaneity ...
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