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 23
... instances , or perhaps none , of authors who gave up their art and ceased to write whilst write they could , and there must be something strangely fasci- nating in a profession which demands such unremitting work and yet gives its ...
... instances , or perhaps none , of authors who gave up their art and ceased to write whilst write they could , and there must be something strangely fasci- nating in a profession which demands such unremitting work and yet gives its ...
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... instances of false concord require no special elucidation : - And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau , which were with her in the house , and put them upon Jacob her youngest son . Genesis . The number of the names ...
... instances of false concord require no special elucidation : - And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau , which were with her in the house , and put them upon Jacob her youngest son . Genesis . The number of the names ...
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... instances of this practice in his Scottish version of the Æneid : the Sibyl , for example , is converted into a nun , and admonishes Æneas , the Trojan baron , to persist in counting his beads . This plan of applying the language of ...
... instances of this practice in his Scottish version of the Æneid : the Sibyl , for example , is converted into a nun , and admonishes Æneas , the Trojan baron , to persist in counting his beads . This plan of applying the language of ...
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... instances might be given of a difference in meaning between words reputed synonymous . The fol- lowing instances may themselves be of some use ; and they will besides serve to show the necessity of at- tending , with the utmost care ...
... instances might be given of a difference in meaning between words reputed synonymous . The fol- lowing instances may themselves be of some use ; and they will besides serve to show the necessity of at- tending , with the utmost care ...
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... instances further exemplify the distinction . " He was killed by a stone which fell from the steeple . " - " He was killed with a stone by Peter . " Here with refers to the instrument , and by to the agent . THE STRUCTURE OF SENTENCES ...
... instances further exemplify the distinction . " He was killed by a stone which fell from the steeple . " - " He was killed with a stone by Peter . " Here with refers to the instrument , and by to the agent . THE STRUCTURE OF SENTENCES ...
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