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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... course of proceeding is different from what I expected ' ; ' I could take no other method of silencing him than the ... course shall you adopt to get your pay ? " say , " What course shall you take , " etc. Adopt is properly used in a ...
... course of proceeding is different from what I expected ' ; ' I could take no other method of silencing him than the ... course shall you adopt to get your pay ? " say , " What course shall you take , " etc. Adopt is properly used in a ...
Sayfa 26
... course , be strengthened by any cause which produces greater slow- ness and fullness of articulation . Besides the influence of the habit of reading , there is some reason to think that cli- mate is affecting our articulation . In spite ...
... course , be strengthened by any cause which produces greater slow- ness and fullness of articulation . Besides the influence of the habit of reading , there is some reason to think that cli- mate is affecting our articulation . In spite ...
Sayfa 39
... course very unjustifiable " ; " I have always considered it my duty , " etc .; " I consider him as being the cleverest man of my acquaintance . " Contemptible . This word is sometimes used for con- temptuous . An old story says that a ...
... course very unjustifiable " ; " I have always considered it my duty , " etc .; " I consider him as being the cleverest man of my acquaintance . " Contemptible . This word is sometimes used for con- temptuous . An old story says that a ...
Sayfa 40
... course of wrong - doing , and is not modified either by country , religion , or condition . As for sin , it is very difficult to define what it is , as what is sinful in the eyes of one man may not be sinful in the eyes of another ...
... course of wrong - doing , and is not modified either by country , religion , or condition . As for sin , it is very difficult to define what it is , as what is sinful in the eyes of one man may not be sinful in the eyes of another ...
Sayfa 42
... proceeding " ; " Your course , from first to last , is universally deprecated . " But , according to the authorities , the word really means , to endeavor to avert by prayer ; to pray exemption or deliverance from 42 THE VERBALIST .
... proceeding " ; " Your course , from first to last , is universally deprecated . " But , according to the authorities , the word really means , to endeavor to avert by prayer ; to pray exemption or deliverance from 42 THE VERBALIST .
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