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... Arica was point visited . Half a hundred blocks of s picked up at Arica . After Arica came Lima depot of all , where the grandest haul was Z At Lima , alas ! they were just too late . T hulks lay anchored there . The sails were men were ...
... Arica was point visited . Half a hundred blocks of s picked up at Arica . After Arica came Lima depot of all , where the grandest haul was Z At Lima , alas ! they were just too late . T hulks lay anchored there . The sails were men were ...
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... Arica was the next point visited . Half a hundred blocks of silver were picked up at Arica . After Arica came Lima , the chief depot of all , where the grandest haul was looked for . At Lima , alas ! they were just too late . Twelve ...
... Arica was the next point visited . Half a hundred blocks of silver were picked up at Arica . After Arica came Lima , the chief depot of all , where the grandest haul was looked for . At Lima , alas ! they were just too late . Twelve ...
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... Arica was the next point visited . Half a hundred blocks of silver were picked up at Arica . After Arica came Lima , the chief depot of all , where the grandest haul was looked for . At Lima , alas ! they were just too late . Twelve ...
... Arica was the next point visited . Half a hundred blocks of silver were picked up at Arica . After Arica came Lima , the chief depot of all , where the grandest haul was looked for . At Lima , alas ! they were just too late . Twelve ...
Contents
THE PURPOSE OF IT | 1 |
NEED FOR REVISION | 13 |
THE PURPOSE OF LANGUAGE | 25 |
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accent Accounts adjective admirable adverb Arica B.Sc beauty become better Book-keeping Cacafuego Cæsar comma commas mark Commercial connexion consider contrast correct delight Dictionary Doctor Johnson effective English English language examination expression fact French give gold grammar hear hearers honour idea idiom instance intended interpret J. H. BURTON JAMES STEPHENSON Julius Cæsar King labour lady language Latin lines LL.B look Lord M.Com matter meaning metaphor mind modern natural Nervii never noun participle passage passive perhaps periodic sentence phrase Pitman's Pitman's Shorthand plural preposition present pronoun prose purpose question quotation reader reason Revised rule sails sense Shakespeare singular slang sound speak speaker speech spelling statement stop subjunctive mood suggest sweet syllables talk tell thee thing thou thought tion verb vocabulary voice vowel wish words writing