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... sounds one heard on summer evenings , the bells of the cows ambling home at twilight , the lullaby of the crickets in ... sound and odour had its value . One heard the carpenter smoothing his knotty boards , and the whips of the four ...
... sounds one heard on summer evenings , the bells of the cows ambling home at twilight , the lullaby of the crickets in ... sound and odour had its value . One heard the carpenter smoothing his knotty boards , and the whips of the four ...
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... sound , and if used to excess they grate upon the ear . Listen to this sentence from News- week , proof , if any is ... sound of the middle clause . It would be unfair to conclude from a sentence like this that Mr. Waugh had no ear ...
... sound , and if used to excess they grate upon the ear . Listen to this sentence from News- week , proof , if any is ... sound of the middle clause . It would be unfair to conclude from a sentence like this that Mr. Waugh had no ear ...
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... sound , supplied by guttural and plosive consonants , comports well with caustic criticism , and so we initially accept them simply for the contribution their sound makes to the general atmosphere ( resolving , of course , to learn ...
... sound , supplied by guttural and plosive consonants , comports well with caustic criticism , and so we initially accept them simply for the contribution their sound makes to the general atmosphere ( resolving , of course , to learn ...
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