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... hand , be denied that the practice of defining is very useful to the learner . It induces a desire of investigation ; gives him a habit of analysing — of endeavouring to dis- cover every idea contained in any given single term , and ...
... hand , be denied that the practice of defining is very useful to the learner . It induces a desire of investigation ; gives him a habit of analysing — of endeavouring to dis- cover every idea contained in any given single term , and ...
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... hand , are applied , not to a class or number of objects agreeing in certain particulars , but to single individuals . Whenever I meet with a large stream of water flowing into a sea or lake , I call such an object a ' 8 ENGLISH STYLE ...
... hand , are applied , not to a class or number of objects agreeing in certain particulars , but to single individuals . Whenever I meet with a large stream of water flowing into a sea or lake , I call such an object a ' 8 ENGLISH STYLE ...
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... hand . The boy hurt his foot . Secondary . The minute - hand of my watch is broken . He sat at the foot of the tree . In the first column , the words hand and foot are used in their primary sense ; in the second , they are applied in a ...
... hand . The boy hurt his foot . Secondary . The minute - hand of my watch is broken . He sat at the foot of the tree . In the first column , the words hand and foot are used in their primary sense ; in the second , they are applied in a ...
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... hand of Providence - To lose no time- A large fortune - The first page of that book , & c . - EXERCISE XVII . Complements of the Agent.2 The following complements of the agent are to be used in written propositions , as in the above ...
... hand of Providence - To lose no time- A large fortune - The first page of that book , & c . - EXERCISE XVII . Complements of the Agent.2 The following complements of the agent are to be used in written propositions , as in the above ...
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... hands of the enemy . SIXTH MODEL . [ 1. An introductory proposition ( a concession ) ; 2. a second proposition ( an opinion ) . ] Examples . 1. Though it would be folly to deny the great talent which the writer has displayed in this ...
... hands of the enemy . SIXTH MODEL . [ 1. An introductory proposition ( a concession ) ; 2. a second proposition ( an opinion ) . ] Examples . 1. Though it would be folly to deny the great talent which the writer has displayed in this ...
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