College Readings in English ProseFrank William Scott, Jacob Zeitlin |
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... Rule ? English and American Sportsman- ship Self - Cultivation in English The Social Value of the College- Bred A. E. Shipley 63 J. B. S. Haldane 77 Thomas Henry Huxley 84 Bertrand Russell 93 James Bryce 113 Herbert Croly Walter ...
... Rule ? English and American Sportsman- ship Self - Cultivation in English The Social Value of the College- Bred A. E. Shipley 63 J. B. S. Haldane 77 Thomas Henry Huxley 84 Bertrand Russell 93 James Bryce 113 Herbert Croly Walter ...
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... rule , may be accurately described as a kind of slang . A slang expression , like a nickname , may be used for From Encyclopædia Britannica ( 11th ed . ) , article on " Slang . " Reprinted by permission . the purpose of concealing the ...
... rule , may be accurately described as a kind of slang . A slang expression , like a nickname , may be used for From Encyclopædia Britannica ( 11th ed . ) , article on " Slang . " Reprinted by permission . the purpose of concealing the ...
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... rule , governmental employees are not permitted to form trade - unions , nor can they actively parti- cipate in politics . At times of strikes , armed force can be used more effectively to compel them to return to work . The socialists ...
... rule , governmental employees are not permitted to form trade - unions , nor can they actively parti- cipate in politics . At times of strikes , armed force can be used more effectively to compel them to return to work . The socialists ...
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... rule for avoiding what is low to be always pedantic and affected . It is clear you cannot use a vulgar English word if you never use a common English word at all . A fine tact is shewn in adhering to those which are perfectly common ...
... rule for avoiding what is low to be always pedantic and affected . It is clear you cannot use a vulgar English word if you never use a common English word at all . A fine tact is shewn in adhering to those which are perfectly common ...
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... rule ; a University is not a birthplace of poets or of immortal authors , of founders of schools , leaders of colonies , or conquerors of nations . It does not promise a generation of Aristotles or Newtons , of Napoleons or Wash ...
... rule ; a University is not a birthplace of poets or of immortal authors , of founders of schools , leaders of colonies , or conquerors of nations . It does not promise a generation of Aristotles or Newtons , of Napoleons or Wash ...
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