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... sense is complete , the part following not making complete sense ? Does he abound in parentheses ? Is he happy in grouping his sentences into paragraphs ? IV . STYLE . 1. PERSPICUITY . - Is the author always clear ? If so , to what is ...
... sense is complete , the part following not making complete sense ? Does he abound in parentheses ? Is he happy in grouping his sentences into paragraphs ? IV . STYLE . 1. PERSPICUITY . - Is the author always clear ? If so , to what is ...
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... sense of the word one of the finest of gentlemen : tender , graceful in thought , glad of heart , humor- ous , and satirical without unkindness ; sensitive to every change of feeling in himself and others , and therefore full of sym ...
... sense of the word one of the finest of gentlemen : tender , graceful in thought , glad of heart , humor- ous , and satirical without unkindness ; sensitive to every change of feeling in himself and others , and therefore full of sym ...
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... sense , good humor , and wholesomeness of his writings . For questions , see Lesson 1 . SCHEME FOR REVIEW . People at and after the Conquest 36 | English Lyrics ...... .. Scotland , France , and Gun- powder Effect of the Conquest upon ...
... sense , good humor , and wholesomeness of his writings . For questions , see Lesson 1 . SCHEME FOR REVIEW . People at and after the Conquest 36 | English Lyrics ...... .. Scotland , France , and Gun- powder Effect of the Conquest upon ...
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... sense of his own opinion . And as for Virgil's verses , though it pleased him to brave the world in taking to the Romans the art of empire and leaving to others the arts of sub- jects ; yet so much is manifest that the Romans never ...
... sense of his own opinion . And as for Virgil's verses , though it pleased him to brave the world in taking to the Romans the art of empire and leaving to others the arts of sub- jects ; yet so much is manifest that the Romans never ...
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... sense , he is not Puritan in any other . He had nothing to do with the attack on Prelacy which was then raging , and the last canto of the Faerie Queen represents Calidore , the knight of courtesy , sent forth to bridle the blatant ...
... sense , he is not Puritan in any other . He had nothing to do with the attack on Prelacy which was then raging , and the last canto of the Faerie Queen represents Calidore , the knight of courtesy , sent forth to bridle the blatant ...
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