College Readings in English ProseFrank William Scott, Jacob Zeitlin |
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... give another illustra- tion , to write naturally is the same thing in regard to common conversation as to read naturally is in regard to common speech . It does not follow that it is an easy thing to give the true accent and inflection ...
... give another illustra- tion , to write naturally is the same thing in regard to common conversation as to read naturally is in regard to common speech . It does not follow that it is an easy thing to give the true accent and inflection ...
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... give an example of what is not very clear in the general statement , I should say that the phrase To cut with a ... gives them circulation or value . I am fastidious in this respect , and would almost as soon coin the currency of the ...
... give an example of what is not very clear in the general statement , I should say that the phrase To cut with a ... gives them circulation or value . I am fastidious in this respect , and would almost as soon coin the currency of the ...
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... give him plenty of time . Now Dick is a good , active , able - bodied boy , possessed of average intelligence and rather more than average zeal . He even had theory of a sort , for he had read various Boy Campers , or the Trapper's ...
... give him plenty of time . Now Dick is a good , active , able - bodied boy , possessed of average intelligence and rather more than average zeal . He even had theory of a sort , for he had read various Boy Campers , or the Trapper's ...
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... give out a sound . In the human voice , the musical effect of the vibrating chords is increased by the cavity of the mouth , which acts as a resonator or sounding- box , and which also , by its shape at any moment , modifies the musical ...
... give out a sound . In the human voice , the musical effect of the vibrating chords is increased by the cavity of the mouth , which acts as a resonator or sounding- box , and which also , by its shape at any moment , modifies the musical ...
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... give to one note a wide variation of quality . To such quality the formation of vowels is due . This is perfectly shown by the common Jews'- harp , which when struck can be made to utter the vowels a , e , i , o , u , etc. , by simply ...
... give to one note a wide variation of quality . To such quality the formation of vowels is due . This is perfectly shown by the common Jews'- harp , which when struck can be made to utter the vowels a , e , i , o , u , etc. , by simply ...
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