Rhetoric: A Text-book, Designed for Use in Schools and Colleges (1869) |
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... living , " meaning his property . And " wasted his substance with riot- ous living , " or manner of life . Careful writers avoid the use of words in different meanings in the same sen- tences , or so near to each other as to lead to ...
... living , " meaning his property . And " wasted his substance with riot- ous living , " or manner of life . Careful writers avoid the use of words in different meanings in the same sen- tences , or so near to each other as to lead to ...
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... living animals gave him no cluc , established , by means of most laborious in- vestigations , the astounding conclusion that , prior to the existence of the animals and plants now living , this globe had been the theatre of another set ...
... living animals gave him no cluc , established , by means of most laborious in- vestigations , the astounding conclusion that , prior to the existence of the animals and plants now living , this globe had been the theatre of another set ...
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... living creatures . Thus we speak of an obedient ship , or say that a house befriends a weary traveller . This degree of Personification is most frequently exhibited by the use of some appellative that strictly applies only to G living ...
... living creatures . Thus we speak of an obedient ship , or say that a house befriends a weary traveller . This degree of Personification is most frequently exhibited by the use of some appellative that strictly applies only to G living ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | ix |
PART I | xii |
CHAPTER PAGE I General Expression of Thought and Feeling 17 | xvii |
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