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... phrase . He was no slavish admirer of logic and was willing enough to give usage right of way through the exact ... phrase that was easy and unaffected to a phrase that was grammatical . One of the differences between French and English ...
... phrase . He was no slavish admirer of logic and was willing enough to give usage right of way through the exact ... phrase that was easy and unaffected to a phrase that was grammatical . One of the differences between French and English ...
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... phrases , not the mean , querulous , disagreeable man that he appeared to the world that knew him , but the man ... phrase and both knew how to write sen- tences pleasing to the eye . Both had an ear of ex- treme sensitiveness . If ...
... phrases , not the mean , querulous , disagreeable man that he appeared to the world that knew him , but the man ... phrase and both knew how to write sen- tences pleasing to the eye . Both had an ear of ex- treme sensitiveness . If ...
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... phrase . It has thus knocked another nail in the coffin of prose drama . I thought then that in The Sacred Flame I ... phrases they would have used if they had been able to prepare them beforehand and had known how to put what they ...
... phrase . It has thus knocked another nail in the coffin of prose drama . I thought then that in The Sacred Flame I ... phrases they would have used if they had been able to prepare them beforehand and had known how to put what they ...
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