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Page 104
... writer in the Pall Mall Gazette of the 16th inst . , quoting a correspondent of an American paper on the subject , says that " the most probable explanation is , that as in old writing u and v were interchangeable , this led to the ...
... writer in the Pall Mall Gazette of the 16th inst . , quoting a correspondent of an American paper on the subject , says that " the most probable explanation is , that as in old writing u and v were interchangeable , this led to the ...
Page 346
... writing poetry or prose , he never used words at random , but chose just those that clearly expressed his meaning . We habitually , both in speaking and in writing , use phrases which are really gross exaggerations . When we speak of a ...
... writing poetry or prose , he never used words at random , but chose just those that clearly expressed his meaning . We habitually , both in speaking and in writing , use phrases which are really gross exaggerations . When we speak of a ...
Page 519
... writing which , when disposed in certain orders and combinations , have made , and will again make , good poetry . " All this on the assumption that the article on baths and washhouses which raised S. P.'s ire was not a good article ...
... writing which , when disposed in certain orders and combinations , have made , and will again make , good poetry . " All this on the assumption that the article on baths and washhouses which raised S. P.'s ire was not a good article ...
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CONTENTS N 1 | 249 |
American FolkLore 18 | 538 |
graphical Society for London 21Don Quixote The | 548 |
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