The Verbalist: A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those who Would Speak and Write with ProprietyD. Appleton, 1881 - 220 sayfa |
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... Rhetoric , " Bain's " Higher English Grammar , " Bain's " Composition Grammar , " Quackenbos ' " Composition and Rhetoric , " John Nichol's " English Composition , " William Cobbett's " English Grammar , " Peter Bullions ' " English ...
... Rhetoric , " Bain's " Higher English Grammar , " Bain's " Composition Grammar , " Quackenbos ' " Composition and Rhetoric , " John Nichol's " English Composition , " William Cobbett's " English Grammar , " Peter Bullions ' " English ...
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... rhetoric , is called the apostrophe . The following are some exam- ples : 66 ་ ་ " O gentle sleep , Nature's soft nurse , how have I frighted thee , That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down , And steep my senses in forgetfulness ...
... rhetoric , is called the apostrophe . The following are some exam- ples : 66 ་ ་ " O gentle sleep , Nature's soft nurse , how have I frighted thee , That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down , And steep my senses in forgetfulness ...
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... Rhetoric . " Citizen . This word properly means one who has cer- tain political rights ; when , therefore , it is used , as it often is , to designate persons who may be aliens , it , to say the least , betrays a want of care in the ...
... Rhetoric . " Citizen . This word properly means one who has cer- tain political rights ; when , therefore , it is used , as it often is , to designate persons who may be aliens , it , to say the least , betrays a want of care in the ...
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... Rhetoric in Boston University , the first volume of which has lately come under my notice . The first ten lines of Dr. Townsend's preface are : 2 " The leading genius1 of the People's College at Chau- tauqua Lake , with a [ the ? ] view ...
... Rhetoric in Boston University , the first volume of which has lately come under my notice . The first ten lines of Dr. Townsend's preface are : 2 " The leading genius1 of the People's College at Chau- tauqua Lake , with a [ the ? ] view ...
Sayfa 44
... rhetoric , or what ? * 3. " The following laws and principles of speech . " And how came these laws and principles in existence ? Who made them ? We are to infer , it would seem , that Professor Townsend made them , and that the world ...
... rhetoric , or what ? * 3. " The following laws and principles of speech . " And how came these laws and principles in existence ? Who made them ? We are to infer , it would seem , that Professor Townsend made them , and that the world ...
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