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 Propriety |
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“ Young Lincoln would have been almost as likely to anticipate [ foresee ] the marvelous growth of the State , as to foresee his own still more wonderful elevation . " Another point : In all cases like this it is far better to repeat ...
“ Young Lincoln would have been almost as likely to anticipate [ foresee ] the marvelous growth of the State , as to foresee his own still more wonderful elevation . " Another point : In all cases like this it is far better to repeat ...
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“ Come , Antony , and young Octavius , come , Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius . " “ The just avenger of his injured ancestors . ” Avocation . Often misused for vocation . Our avocations are the things we do for the love of doing ...
“ Come , Antony , and young Octavius , come , Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius . " “ The just avenger of his injured ancestors . ” Avocation . Often misused for vocation . Our avocations are the things we do for the love of doing ...
Sayfa 33
... starved for frozen , stop for stay , assist for be present , intimate for announce , etc. ( c ) We refuse to follow the British in their arbitrary restriction of the meana ing of certain words . Thus , a young person THE VERBALIST .
... starved for frozen , stop for stay , assist for be present , intimate for announce , etc. ( c ) We refuse to follow the British in their arbitrary restriction of the meana ing of certain words . Thus , a young person THE VERBALIST .
Sayfa 34
Thus , a young person is always a girl in England . The Briton rides in an omnibus , but always drives in a carriage ; and though he will say that he is confined to a sick - room or stretched upon a sick - bed , he is horrified at the ...
Thus , a young person is always a girl in England . The Briton rides in an omnibus , but always drives in a carriage ; and though he will say that he is confined to a sick - room or stretched upon a sick - bed , he is horrified at the ...
Sayfa 59
... we apprehend , before lovers will discontinue calling one another dearest ' at Mr. Ayres's particular request . When an ardent young man addresses his mistress as ' My dearest 1 а Maria , ' it does not imply that THE VERBALIST . 59.
... we apprehend , before lovers will discontinue calling one another dearest ' at Mr. Ayres's particular request . When an ardent young man addresses his mistress as ' My dearest 1 а Maria , ' it does not imply that THE VERBALIST . 59.
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| Başlık | 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 Propriety |
| Yazar | Alfred Ayres |
| Yayıncı | D. Appleton, 1911 |
| Orijinalin kaynağı: | Minnesota Üniversitesi |
| Dijital ortama aktarılmış | 21 Eki 2013 |
| ISBN | 0827436696, 9780827436695 |
| Uzunluk | 337 sayfa |
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