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... period in his mind and then partly undid his work . And this , of course , does not happen . Wotton gave this passage its form , not by demolishing a Ciceronian period , but by omitting several of the steps by which roundness and ...
... period in his mind and then partly undid his work . And this , of course , does not happen . Wotton gave this passage its form , not by demolishing a Ciceronian period , but by omitting several of the steps by which roundness and ...
Page 354
... period begins with a statement complete in itself , which does not syntac- tically imply anything to follow it ; an ... period ; and of course such subordinating con- junctions as are illustrated above . It is unnecessary to illustrate ...
... period begins with a statement complete in itself , which does not syntac- tically imply anything to follow it ; an ... period ; and of course such subordinating con- junctions as are illustrated above . It is unnecessary to illustrate ...
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... period and shapes it to its own ends . Sir Thomas Browne provides many interesting illustrations , as , for instance , in the period quoted in the preceding section , and in the following : I would gladly know how Moses , with an actual ...
... period and shapes it to its own ends . Sir Thomas Browne provides many interesting illustrations , as , for instance , in the period quoted in the preceding section , and in the following : I would gladly know how Moses , with an actual ...
Contents
Vowel and Consonant Patterns in Poetry 1953 David I Masson | 3 |
Some Parallels and Contrasts | 19 |
Some English Sonnets 1960 | 33 |
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