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Page 55
... effect of words , such as ' read , marke , learne , and inwardly digeste ' . Here the preceding liquid monosyllables contrast finely with the final polysyllables . The effect of the balanced Latin abstract nouns ' pacience and coumfort ...
... effect of words , such as ' read , marke , learne , and inwardly digeste ' . Here the preceding liquid monosyllables contrast finely with the final polysyllables . The effect of the balanced Latin abstract nouns ' pacience and coumfort ...
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... effect , or antiquated survivals as in pretentious journalism , infecting their context with dullness , or new arrivals possible only in an age to which the grammar of the sub- junctive is not natural but artificial . . . . They diffuse ...
... effect , or antiquated survivals as in pretentious journalism , infecting their context with dullness , or new arrivals possible only in an age to which the grammar of the sub- junctive is not natural but artificial . . . . They diffuse ...
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... effect from Shakes- peare's When that mine eye is famisht for a looke . Effective figures often originate in linked nouns and attributes , such as the wine - dark sea ; poets seem to turn to such compounds , not only to exercise their ...
... effect from Shakes- peare's When that mine eye is famisht for a looke . Effective figures often originate in linked nouns and attributes , such as the wine - dark sea ; poets seem to turn to such compounds , not only to exercise their ...
Contents
Preface | 11 |
Introduction | 13 |
Social Strata and Levels of Communication | 21 |
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