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... reader may have to skip through the whole text seeking for its general nature and purpose , or , as a last desperate resort , may have to read the thing from beginning to end . Probably such drastic measures will be required for " Dover ...
... reader may have to skip through the whole text seeking for its general nature and purpose , or , as a last desperate resort , may have to read the thing from beginning to end . Probably such drastic measures will be required for " Dover ...
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... reader the job of deciphering the author's peculiar meaning . But even in such instances , the reader will find ninety - nine times out of a hundred that the author has really indicated , in an indirect way , what he means.1 To be sure ...
... reader the job of deciphering the author's peculiar meaning . But even in such instances , the reader will find ninety - nine times out of a hundred that the author has really indicated , in an indirect way , what he means.1 To be sure ...
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... reader . The reader , by reading the simple story in paragraph 4 , learns how the common man effortlessly uses induction and de- duction in buying apples , but his understanding has not yet been compli- cated by his trying to attach ...
... reader . The reader , by reading the simple story in paragraph 4 , learns how the common man effortlessly uses induction and de- duction in buying apples , but his understanding has not yet been compli- cated by his trying to attach ...
Contents
SPACE ARRANGEMENT The Battlefield of Waterloo | 7 |
COMPARISON AND CONTRAST True and False Humor | 13 |
ANALOGY The Stagecoach from Looking Backward Edward Bellamy | 19 |
Copyright | |
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