English Synonymes Classified and Explained: With Practical Exercises. Designed for Schools and Private TuitionLongmans, Green, and Company, 1877 - 425 páginas |
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... character or uses . This observation is quite as true of art as of nature . Here , though the artisan exert his utmost skill to make one object exactly like another , we shall find , upon a close inspection , that he never wholly ...
... character or uses . This observation is quite as true of art as of nature . Here , though the artisan exert his utmost skill to make one object exactly like another , we shall find , upon a close inspection , that he never wholly ...
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... character of the man . If an infinite variety in the appearance of ex- ternal things be admitted , it will follow that there must be , in like manner , a great variety in the meaning of those words which are their con- ventional signs ...
... character of the man . If an infinite variety in the appearance of ex- ternal things be admitted , it will follow that there must be , in like manner , a great variety in the meaning of those words which are their con- ventional signs ...
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... character of the English language , would of itself be sufficient to warrant any writer in endeavouring to promote the knowledge of its nature and philosophy . It is a singular fact that , notwithstanding this un- accountable neglect of ...
... character of the English language , would of itself be sufficient to warrant any writer in endeavouring to promote the knowledge of its nature and philosophy . It is a singular fact that , notwithstanding this un- accountable neglect of ...
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... character or Custom - Habit . Custom respects things which are done by the majority ; habit those which are done by indivi- duals . We speak of national customs , and of a man of indolent habits . It is a custom in England to leave town ...
... character or Custom - Habit . Custom respects things which are done by the majority ; habit those which are done by indivi- duals . We speak of national customs , and of a man of indolent habits . It is a custom in England to leave town ...
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... other . Plutarch has drawn a in the exercise of the mind to between things which bear -between the characters of Julius Cæsar and Alexander the Great . ' If the body politic have any to the natural 44 EXERCISES ON ENGLISH SYNONYMES .
... other . Plutarch has drawn a in the exercise of the mind to between things which bear -between the characters of Julius Cæsar and Alexander the Great . ' If the body politic have any to the natural 44 EXERCISES ON ENGLISH SYNONYMES .
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