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... meaning than in its occult power . There would seem , at first sight , to be no more in his words than in other words . But they are words of enchantment . No sooner are they pronounced , than the past is present and the distant near ...
... meaning than in its occult power . There would seem , at first sight , to be no more in his words than in other words . But they are words of enchantment . No sooner are they pronounced , than the past is present and the distant near ...
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... meaning are often so fine and elusive as to tax the ingenuity of the accomplished scholar ; yet when clearly apprehended they are as important for the purposes of language as the minute differences between similar substances are for the ...
... meaning are often so fine and elusive as to tax the ingenuity of the accomplished scholar ; yet when clearly apprehended they are as important for the purposes of language as the minute differences between similar substances are for the ...
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... meaning or usage , and shows in what connections one or the other may be most fitly used . This is the purpose of the present work , to be a guide to selection from the varied treasures of English speech . This work treats within 375 ...
... meaning or usage , and shows in what connections one or the other may be most fitly used . This is the purpose of the present work , to be a guide to selection from the varied treasures of English speech . This work treats within 375 ...
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... meaning awkwardness of a servant , irritated by a tight shoe or a thoughtless remark , vexed at some careless neglect or needless misfortune , wounded by the ingratitude of child or friend . To tease is to give some slight and perhaps ...
... meaning awkwardness of a servant , irritated by a tight shoe or a thoughtless remark , vexed at some careless neglect or needless misfortune , wounded by the ingratitude of child or friend . To tease is to give some slight and perhaps ...
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... meaning with bearing , but is more exclusively a literary word . Carriage , too , is generally used in a good sense ; as , that lady has a good carriage . Mien is closely synonymous with air , but less often used in a bad sense . We say ...
... meaning with bearing , but is more exclusively a literary word . Carriage , too , is generally used in a good sense ; as , that lady has a good carriage . Mien is closely synonymous with air , but less often used in a bad sense . We say ...
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absolute action allegory Anglo-Saxon animal Antonyms applied authority bad sense beautiful body called cause character chiefly command comminuted common commonly Compare synonyms deliberative assembly delight denotes derived desire differ distinctive divine effect endeavor enduring enemy especially evil EXAMPLES expression faith fancy favorable feeling foreordination formal friendship give habit happy heart honor hostile human human voice ical idea imply injury intent involves kind knowledge language Latin less limited marriage matter meaning ment mental mind monomania moral motion nature niggardly obiter dictum object offense one's onyms ordinarily original pain pardon periphrasis person or thing pietism pity Pleonasm possession practise predestination Prepositions primarily purpose qualities QUESTIONS rarely reason refers regard relations result Saxon signify soul sound speak special sense speech spirit statement style substance suggestion term thou thought tical tion truth uncon unfavorable sense usage usually utterance word
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