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... quoted separately . And probably no public figure whose state- ments are quoted in the newspapers or on the radio has ever escaped the chagrin that comes from seeing prominence given to one or two paragraphs of his latest speech which ...
... quoted separately . And probably no public figure whose state- ments are quoted in the newspapers or on the radio has ever escaped the chagrin that comes from seeing prominence given to one or two paragraphs of his latest speech which ...
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... Quoted by permission of Ginn & Co. , publishers . ( 3 ) Sir James Jeans , The Mysterious Universe ( 1932 ) , pp . 3-4 . ( 4 ) Sir Arthur Bryant , Samuel Pepys : The Man in the Making ( 1933 ) , p . 1. Quoted by permission of William ...
... Quoted by permission of Ginn & Co. , publishers . ( 3 ) Sir James Jeans , The Mysterious Universe ( 1932 ) , pp . 3-4 . ( 4 ) Sir Arthur Bryant , Samuel Pepys : The Man in the Making ( 1933 ) , p . 1. Quoted by permission of William ...
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... quoted ( perhaps loosely ) in The Listener , Sept. 4 , 1947. ( 1 b ) A letter by Raymond Chandler , quoted in The Pleasures of Publishing , Dec. 1958. ( 2 ) Cervantes , Preface to Don Quixote ( Motteux trans- lation ) . ( 3 ) Jacques ...
... quoted ( perhaps loosely ) in The Listener , Sept. 4 , 1947. ( 1 b ) A letter by Raymond Chandler , quoted in The Pleasures of Publishing , Dec. 1958. ( 2 ) Cervantes , Preface to Don Quixote ( Motteux trans- lation ) . ( 3 ) Jacques ...
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One Denotation and Connotation | 3 |
Two Diction | 53 |
Three Patterns of Clear Thinking | 120 |
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