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... death - the words sleep , grave , and worm . Each word implies a different sort of attitude toward the fact of death . Sleep is almost wholly favorable in its attitude ; it connotes relief from physical and mental pain , welcome ...
... death - the words sleep , grave , and worm . Each word implies a different sort of attitude toward the fact of death . Sleep is almost wholly favorable in its attitude ; it connotes relief from physical and mental pain , welcome ...
Page 152
... death is determined , not alone by the selection of one symbol rather than another , but by the context , which subtly modifies the connotation of the symbol : From too much love of living , From hope and fear set free , We thank with ...
... death is determined , not alone by the selection of one symbol rather than another , but by the context , which subtly modifies the connotation of the symbol : From too much love of living , From hope and fear set free , We thank with ...
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... death in the dictionary ; and , where language is too strictly limited by convention , the ground for expression to grow in is limited also ; and we get a potted literature , Chinese dwarfs instead of healthy trees . 6. But what makes ...
... death in the dictionary ; and , where language is too strictly limited by convention , the ground for expression to grow in is limited also ; and we get a potted literature , Chinese dwarfs instead of healthy trees . 6. But what makes ...
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Diction | 55 |
Other Determinants of Tone | 130 |
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