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... ground occupied by those writers . Mr. Arnold's book is , doubtless , useful ; but great complaints are made of its intricacy ; and the study of it may not inaptly be compared with the embarrassment producible by placing a child in the ...
... ground occupied by those writers . Mr. Arnold's book is , doubtless , useful ; but great complaints are made of its intricacy ; and the study of it may not inaptly be compared with the embarrassment producible by placing a child in the ...
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... honorable baronet , Mr. Macaulay defends this and similar traits of style on the ground of their exemption from all liability to mistake . torians of England , or in contemporary authorship abroad . GREEK AND ENGLISH COMPOSITION . 13.
... honorable baronet , Mr. Macaulay defends this and similar traits of style on the ground of their exemption from all liability to mistake . torians of England , or in contemporary authorship abroad . GREEK AND ENGLISH COMPOSITION . 13.
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... ground or reason , in place of the demonstrative with yàp , e.g. , XEN . Mem . iii . v . 15. πότε γὰρ οὕτως Ἀθηναῖοι , ὥσπερ Λακεδαιμόνιοι , ἢ πρεσβυτέρους αἰδέσονται ; —οἳ ἀπὸ τῶν πατέρων ἄρχονται καταφρονεῖν τῶν πατέρων , κ.τ.λ. It ...
... ground or reason , in place of the demonstrative with yàp , e.g. , XEN . Mem . iii . v . 15. πότε γὰρ οὕτως Ἀθηναῖοι , ὥσπερ Λακεδαιμόνιοι , ἢ πρεσβυτέρους αἰδέσονται ; —οἳ ἀπὸ τῶν πατέρων ἄρχονται καταφρονεῖν τῶν πατέρων , κ.τ.λ. It ...
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... ground men- tioned by Tully - that perspicuity is in public speaking even more essential than in written composition . For if an orator commits an ambiguity , his audience cannot recur to the passage to relieve their perplexity ...
... ground men- tioned by Tully - that perspicuity is in public speaking even more essential than in written composition . For if an orator commits an ambiguity , his audience cannot recur to the passage to relieve their perplexity ...
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... ground . XEN . Mem . iv . 2 , 35 : ẻπl Tivi , to be highly excited at anything . DEMOSTH . 193 , 27 : = vewτepíšeiv . Cf. ȧvaσтpépeiv , Lidd . Lex . ( 15 ) Development of abstract nouns in place of combin- ations with the participle and ...
... ground . XEN . Mem . iv . 2 , 35 : ẻπl Tivi , to be highly excited at anything . DEMOSTH . 193 , 27 : = vewτepíšeiv . Cf. ȧvaσтpépeiv , Lidd . Lex . ( 15 ) Development of abstract nouns in place of combin- ations with the participle and ...
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