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... sentence , or series of sentences , and not in that of a tabular statement , still less of a mere memorandum ; and it should be complete in itself , and intelligible independently of the question . 3. The punctuation should be carefully ...
... sentence , or series of sentences , and not in that of a tabular statement , still less of a mere memorandum ; and it should be complete in itself , and intelligible independently of the question . 3. The punctuation should be carefully ...
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... sentence till you know exactly what you mean to say in it . If necessary write it down on a piece of waste paper : you will thus avoid erasures on your manuscript ; and erasures are seldom made without affecting the grammar and ...
... sentence till you know exactly what you mean to say in it . If necessary write it down on a piece of waste paper : you will thus avoid erasures on your manuscript ; and erasures are seldom made without affecting the grammar and ...
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... sentences short and perfectly unambiguous in their meaning ; use no introductions ; do not attempt any fine writing either as exordium or peroration ; and avoid all affectation of style , undue employment of foreign words , and ...
... sentences short and perfectly unambiguous in their meaning ; use no introductions ; do not attempt any fine writing either as exordium or peroration ; and avoid all affectation of style , undue employment of foreign words , and ...
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... sentences , which inflected languages possess ; and it necessitates the use of a greater number of words to express any particular idea than were required in such languages as the Latin . At the same time , the English , if less concise ...
... sentences , which inflected languages possess ; and it necessitates the use of a greater number of words to express any particular idea than were required in such languages as the Latin . At the same time , the English , if less concise ...
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... sentence . Adverb , i.e. something added to the verb , is a proper designation for that class of words which add something to our idea of the action of the verb , just as the adjective does to the meaning of the noun . The name ...
... sentence . Adverb , i.e. something added to the verb , is a proper designation for that class of words which add something to our idea of the action of the verb , just as the adjective does to the meaning of the noun . The name ...
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Сторінка 58 - Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the Muses haunt Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill...
Сторінка 138 - I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news, Who, with his shears and measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, (which his nimble haste Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet...
Сторінка 120 - HAIL, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first-born! Or of the Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee unblamed? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate ! Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? before the Sun, Before the Heavens, thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless...
Сторінка 144 - To the very moment that he bade me tell it ; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i...
Сторінка 59 - Come, my friends, Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down: It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho...
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Сторінка 135 - tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon' tall, anchoring bark, Diminished to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight.
Сторінка 137 - In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets...
Сторінка 133 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Сторінка 152 - Hark, hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings, And Phoebus 'gins arise, His steeds to water at those springs On chaliced flowers that lies; And winking Mary-buds begin To ope their golden eyes: With every thing that pretty is, My lady sweet, arise: Arise, arise.