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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Page 37
... hath throve among us of late , so much as the minute philosophy . - Berkeley's Minute Philospher . Had he wrote English poetry in so unenlightened a period , the world would have lost his refined diction and harmonious versifica- tion ...
... hath throve among us of late , so much as the minute philosophy . - Berkeley's Minute Philospher . Had he wrote English poetry in so unenlightened a period , the world would have lost his refined diction and harmonious versifica- tion ...
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... hath long ago observed . 22. Everybody has a right to look after their own interests . 23. Breathing with ease is a blessing of every moment ; yet of all others it is that which we possess with the least consciousness . 24. Who did you ...
... hath long ago observed . 22. Everybody has a right to look after their own interests . 23. Breathing with ease is a blessing of every moment ; yet of all others it is that which we possess with the least consciousness . 24. Who did you ...
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... occurred in the previous construction . The following quotations furnish similar instances of ambiguity arising from the plurality of antecedents : - For he hath made him to be sin for us D 7 Structure of Sentences . 71.
... occurred in the previous construction . The following quotations furnish similar instances of ambiguity arising from the plurality of antecedents : - For he hath made him to be sin for us D 7 Structure of Sentences . 71.
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... hath made him to be sin for us who knew no sin . - New Testament . There is among the people of all countries and all religions a belief of immortality , arising from the natural desire of living , and strengthened by uniform tradition ...
... hath made him to be sin for us who knew no sin . - New Testament . There is among the people of all countries and all religions a belief of immortality , arising from the natural desire of living , and strengthened by uniform tradition ...
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... hath no law to punish it , the hon st dealer is always undone , and the knave gets the advantage . -Swift's Travels of Gulliver . This arrangement conveys the idea that people " deal upon credit " in those places only " where fraud is ...
... hath no law to punish it , the hon st dealer is always undone , and the knave gets the advantage . -Swift's Travels of Gulliver . This arrangement conveys the idea that people " deal upon credit " in those places only " where fraud is ...
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