Composition and punctuation familiarly explainedVirtue Bros. & Company, 1865 - 122 pages |
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... correct and exact , they could hardly make an assertion , without lugging into one part or other of the sentence , some qualification or exception of little impor- tance . As far as my observation has gone , Dryden appears to be the ...
... correct and exact , they could hardly make an assertion , without lugging into one part or other of the sentence , some qualification or exception of little impor- tance . As far as my observation has gone , Dryden appears to be the ...
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... correct your draught , and put it into fitting language , if the sentences be short . But when it is arranged , or rather dis - arranged , in the long- winded style , the amendments are more troublesome than you imagine , and , after ...
... correct your draught , and put it into fitting language , if the sentences be short . But when it is arranged , or rather dis - arranged , in the long- winded style , the amendments are more troublesome than you imagine , and , after ...
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... correctly , without omitting any . I do not mean that you should get the article by heart —on the contrary , that would defeat our object . But , when you can correctly detail all the circumstances , write down a full statement of the ...
... correctly , without omitting any . I do not mean that you should get the article by heart —on the contrary , that would defeat our object . But , when you can correctly detail all the circumstances , write down a full statement of the ...
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... - tation , it occurs to me that I may make it of some use . Murray should have pointed out its defects more particu- larly , and shown the pupil how he may correct them , and , as he has not done this , I shall take IN COMPOSITION . 19.
... - tation , it occurs to me that I may make it of some use . Murray should have pointed out its defects more particu- larly , and shown the pupil how he may correct them , and , as he has not done this , I shall take IN COMPOSITION . 19.
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... correct them , for that belongs to another kind of exercise . You may point them out in sub- sequent remarks , to show that they did not escape your notice , but you must , at present , confine yourself steadily to your object to make ...
... correct them , for that belongs to another kind of exercise . You may point them out in sub- sequent remarks , to show that they did not escape your notice , but you must , at present , confine yourself steadily to your object to make ...
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