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Page 165
... seems to be approving of the conspirators ' deed , he is in reality condemning it . ( In this speech , so heavy with ... seem detached , objective , neutral . He apparently has no emotional involvement ; he stands apart from his subject ...
... seems to be approving of the conspirators ' deed , he is in reality condemning it . ( In this speech , so heavy with ... seem detached , objective , neutral . He apparently has no emotional involvement ; he stands apart from his subject ...
Page 167
... seems to under- react , to regard things more coolly than one thinks he should . With overstatement , his response seems stronger , more extravagant , than the facts evidently warrant . Understatement requires the reader himself to turn ...
... seems to under- react , to regard things more coolly than one thinks he should . With overstatement , his response seems stronger , more extravagant , than the facts evidently warrant . Understatement requires the reader himself to turn ...
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... seems to be at the point of yelling for the police . It is a picture to bemuse the vulgar and to give the judicious grief . In the light of what has been said about the consistency of meta- phor , comment on the effect of each of the ...
... seems to be at the point of yelling for the police . It is a picture to bemuse the vulgar and to give the judicious grief . In the light of what has been said about the consistency of meta- phor , comment on the effect of each of the ...
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