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Words have weight , sound and appearance ; it is only by considering these that
you can write a sentence that is good to look at and good to listen to . I have read
many books on English prose , but have found it hard to profit by them ; for the ...
Words have weight , sound and appearance ; it is only by considering these that
you can write a sentence that is good to look at and good to listen to . I have read
many books on English prose , but have found it hard to profit by them ; for the ...
Page 215
... situates them perhaps in a different class ; what he cannot so easily do is to
change their appearance . The physical traits of a man influence his character
and contrariwise his character is expressed , at least in the rough , in his
appearance .
... situates them perhaps in a different class ; what he cannot so easily do is to
change their appearance . The physical traits of a man influence his character
and contrariwise his character is expressed , at least in the rough , in his
appearance .
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The most important of them wrote well , and they gave an appearance of
simplicity to problems which I had not been able to make head or tail of . But
much as I should have liked to I could not bring myself to believe , as they did ,
that truth is ...
The most important of them wrote well , and they gave an appearance of
simplicity to problems which I had not been able to make head or tail of . But
much as I should have liked to I could not bring myself to believe , as they did ,
that truth is ...
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| Title | THE SUMMING UP |
| Author | W. SOMER MAUGHAI |
| Published | 1938 |
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