College Readings in English ProseFrank William Scott, Jacob Zeitlin |
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... seems to be tolerably precise . There are two principal char- acteristics which , taken in conjunction , may serve to distin- guish what is properly called slang from certain other varie- ties of diction that in some respects resemble ...
... seems to be tolerably precise . There are two principal char- acteristics which , taken in conjunction , may serve to distin- guish what is properly called slang from certain other varie- ties of diction that in some respects resemble ...
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... seem to mount their lonely towers without to any sensible extent deflecting the common trend . The truth is , perhaps , that only a weak- minded or characterless writer would condescend to imitate , or even to be influenced by ...
... seem to mount their lonely towers without to any sensible extent deflecting the common trend . The truth is , perhaps , that only a weak- minded or characterless writer would condescend to imitate , or even to be influenced by ...
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... seem , is the product of logical thought , whether exer- cised in argument or in narrative . It implies progression ; and good prose is never for long or consistently good without this element of progress . Good prose must have a pace ...
... seem , is the product of logical thought , whether exer- cised in argument or in narrative . It implies progression ; and good prose is never for long or consistently good without this element of progress . Good prose must have a pace ...
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... seems free of all but unimportant growths , go over it thoroughly for little shrubs and leaves . They look soft and yielding , but are often possessed of unex- pectedly abrasive roots . Besides , they mask the face of the ground . When ...
... seems free of all but unimportant growths , go over it thoroughly for little shrubs and leaves . They look soft and yielding , but are often possessed of unex- pectedly abrasive roots . Besides , they mask the face of the ground . When ...
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... seems to have no definite organs or symmetry . It is naked , dirty - gray , with tiny , crooked , wormlike wings , and a blind , featureless head . The newly hatched chick is an avian postu- late which we must accept but which requires ...
... seems to have no definite organs or symmetry . It is naked , dirty - gray , with tiny , crooked , wormlike wings , and a blind , featureless head . The newly hatched chick is an avian postu- late which we must accept but which requires ...
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