English Synonymes Classified and Explained: With Practical Exercises. Designed for Schools and Private TuitionLongmans, Green, and Company, 1877 - 425 páginas |
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... original . It may , indeed , be more difficult to distinguish between objects purposely constructed alike ; still , however , the truth will remain , that a close examination will not fail to detect a peculiarity in substance ...
... original . It may , indeed , be more difficult to distinguish between objects purposely constructed alike ; still , however , the truth will remain , that a close examination will not fail to detect a peculiarity in substance ...
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... original language for the same idea , they have no difference of meaning in English . But this must be the notion of those who probably do not bestow much attention on the subject ; for it requires but little reflection to convince us ...
... original language for the same idea , they have no difference of meaning in English . But this must be the notion of those who probably do not bestow much attention on the subject ; for it requires but little reflection to convince us ...
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... original meaning , or suffered some alteration in use ; or , if this did not happen , it met with the common fate of all words so situated - it disappeared from the language . In this we see the direct effect of a universal law of ...
... original meaning , or suffered some alteration in use ; or , if this did not happen , it met with the common fate of all words so situated - it disappeared from the language . In this we see the direct effect of a universal law of ...
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... original meaning , in endeavouring to fix the exact limits of their modern accepta- tion . A love for antiquity and classical associa- tions , however natural and admirable in itself , may , like all other strong passions , prove in 22 ...
... original meaning , in endeavouring to fix the exact limits of their modern accepta- tion . A love for antiquity and classical associa- tions , however natural and admirable in itself , may , like all other strong passions , prove in 22 ...
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... original definitions of some contiguous terms peculiar to ourselves . But many of his explanations are very vague ; several of the terms which he defines are altered in meaning since his time , and others are growing , or have already ...
... original definitions of some contiguous terms peculiar to ourselves . But many of his explanations are very vague ; several of the terms which he defines are altered in meaning since his time , and others are growing , or have already ...
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