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... idea . " They are not strung loosely , so that there exist several possible endings of the sentence . " The idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind at Rome , on the 10th October , 1764 , as I sat musing ...
... idea . " They are not strung loosely , so that there exist several possible endings of the sentence . " The idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind at Rome , on the 10th October , 1764 , as I sat musing ...
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... idea . " They are not strung loosely , so that there exist several possible endings of the sentence . " The idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind at Rome , on the 10th October , 1764 , as I sat musing ...
... idea . " They are not strung loosely , so that there exist several possible endings of the sentence . " The idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind at Rome , on the 10th October , 1764 , as I sat musing ...
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... ideas ; the protection of an idea falls within the patent law and is available only when the idea is embodied in manufacture . To take an idea from a book or even to adopt its " plot , " is no infringement , if the idea is clothed in ...
... ideas ; the protection of an idea falls within the patent law and is available only when the idea is embodied in manufacture . To take an idea from a book or even to adopt its " plot , " is no infringement , if the idea is clothed in ...
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THE PURPOSE OF IT | 1 |
NEED FOR REVISION | 13 |
THE PURPOSE OF LANGUAGE | 25 |
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