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Page 76
... mind the first meaning . The word in our minds has a denotation ; it has no connotation . 66 66 Whenever we are not sure - or , possibly , when we suspect our hearers not to be sure about the full implication of a term , we are prone to ...
... mind the first meaning . The word in our minds has a denotation ; it has no connotation . 66 66 Whenever we are not sure - or , possibly , when we suspect our hearers not to be sure about the full implication of a term , we are prone to ...
Page 121
... mind to mind . If we choose not so well , our thought reaches the other mind impaired and distorted , — perhaps not at all . It is this primary purpose of language , this carriage of thought , that is the matter of importance . You ...
... mind to mind . If we choose not so well , our thought reaches the other mind impaired and distorted , — perhaps not at all . It is this primary purpose of language , this carriage of thought , that is the matter of importance . You ...
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... mind the product of the labour of a great mind . This is Milton's sense when he speaks of a good book as the product of " a master spirit , preserved and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life " . Then you have the several ...
... mind the product of the labour of a great mind . This is Milton's sense when he speaks of a good book as the product of " a master spirit , preserved and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life " . Then you have the several ...
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accent adjective adverb Alice Alice in Wonderland Antony beauty Ben Jonson better Brutus CÆSURA called Charles Lamb clause comma consonant dear delight doth effective English example expression eyes G. B. SHAW give grammar Greek Hamlet hand hath hear hearers heart honour Iambic Pentameter idea inflexions instance Julius Cæsar King Lady language Latin light lines live Look Lord Macaulay matter meaning metaphor metonymy Milton mind never Nominative Absolute notice noun objective paragraph passage Perhaps periphrasis person phrase play plural poem poet poetry Pope preposition pronoun pronunciation prose question quotation reader reason rhyming rhythm sense sentence Shakespeare silent sing singular sonnet sound speak speaker speech spelling split infinitive style sweet syllable talk tell term thee thing thou thought tongue Transitive Verb TROCHEE usually verb verse voice vowel words writing