The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Том 2A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
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... example , we say properly in English , my father and mother ; because the possessive pronoun having no distinction of gen- der , and so having but one form , is alike applicable to both the case being different with them renders it ...
... example , we say properly in English , my father and mother ; because the possessive pronoun having no distinction of gen- der , and so having but one form , is alike applicable to both the case being different with them renders it ...
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... examples : " It contain- " ed , " says Swift , " a warrant for conducting me and my retinue to Traldragdubb or Trildrogdrib , for it " it is pronounced both ways , as near as I can remem- " ber , by a party of ten horse * . " The words ...
... examples : " It contain- " ed , " says Swift , " a warrant for conducting me and my retinue to Traldragdubb or Trildrogdrib , for it " it is pronounced both ways , as near as I can remem- " ber , by a party of ten horse * . " The words ...
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... example : " The young man did not want natu- " ral talents ; but the father of him was a coxcomb , " who affected being a fine gentleman so unmerciful- ly , that he could not endure in his sight , or the fre- 66 66 quent mention of one ...
... example : " The young man did not want natu- " ral talents ; but the father of him was a coxcomb , " who affected being a fine gentleman so unmerciful- ly , that he could not endure in his sight , or the fre- 66 66 quent mention of one ...
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... examples . One may have " an air which proceeds from a just sufficiency and " knowledge of the matter before him , which ... example subjoined , is liable to the 66 * Guardian , No. 13. + Ib . No. 73 . Spect . No. 30 . ( 6 66 66 Sect . I ...
... examples . One may have " an air which proceeds from a just sufficiency and " knowledge of the matter before him , which ... example subjoined , is liable to the 66 * Guardian , No. 13. + Ib . No. 73 . Spect . No. 30 . ( 6 66 66 Sect . I ...
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... example in these words of Swift : " A little after the reformation of " Luther + . " It may indeed be doubted , whether this should not rather be called an impropriety , since the reformation of a man will suggest much more readily a ...
... example in these words of Swift : " A little after the reformation of " Luther + . " It may indeed be doubted , whether this should not rather be called an impropriety , since the reformation of a man will suggest much more readily a ...
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