College Readings in English ProseFrank William Scott, Jacob Zeitlin |
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... judge of an author's elegance by the measurement of his words , and the substitution of for- eign circumlocutions ( with no precise associations ) for the mother tongue . How simple it is to be dignified without ease , to be pompous ...
... judge of an author's elegance by the measurement of his words , and the substitution of for- eign circumlocutions ( with no precise associations ) for the mother tongue . How simple it is to be dignified without ease , to be pompous ...
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... judges . He had fought to extend the suffrage so that the largest possible majority might help to decide ; he had fought for the direct election of senators , for the initiative and referendum and di- rect primary , and for every other ...
... judges . He had fought to extend the suffrage so that the largest possible majority might help to decide ; he had fought for the direct election of senators , for the initiative and referendum and di- rect primary , and for every other ...
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... judges angry or pleased at his discretion . " Such are the men who command , men who speak " neatly and pressly . " But to gain such precision is toilsome business . While we are in train- ing for it , no word must unpermittedly pass ...
... judges angry or pleased at his discretion . " Such are the men who command , men who speak " neatly and pressly . " But to gain such precision is toilsome business . While we are in train- ing for it , no word must unpermittedly pass ...
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... judge of other men's skill . Whether his trade be pleading at the bar or surgery or plastering or plumbing , it develops a critical sense in him for that sort of ... judges between what is first - 160 DISCUSSIONS OF FACTS AND IDEAS.
... judge of other men's skill . Whether his trade be pleading at the bar or surgery or plastering or plumbing , it develops a critical sense in him for that sort of ... judges between what is first - 160 DISCUSSIONS OF FACTS AND IDEAS.
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Frank William Scott, Jacob Zeitlin. also are made good judges between what is first - rate and what is second - rate only ? What is especially taught in the colleges has long been known by the name of the " humanities , " and these are ...
Frank William Scott, Jacob Zeitlin. also are made good judges between what is first - rate and what is second - rate only ? What is especially taught in the colleges has long been known by the name of the " humanities , " and these are ...
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