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... course , his " literary " method . See Richard C. Vitzthum , " The Art of Paraphrasing : A Study of Henry Adams's Use of the Paraphrastic Technique in the History of the United States of America , " Unpublished Dissertation , Stanford ...
... course , his " literary " method . See Richard C. Vitzthum , " The Art of Paraphrasing : A Study of Henry Adams's Use of the Paraphrastic Technique in the History of the United States of America , " Unpublished Dissertation , Stanford ...
Page 38
... course Mather unwittingly reveals that his motive is complex . We may infer that his adoption of the anonymous pose made it easier for him to copy vast quantities of this book — indeed , most of it— from those already revised diaries ...
... course Mather unwittingly reveals that his motive is complex . We may infer that his adoption of the anonymous pose made it easier for him to copy vast quantities of this book — indeed , most of it— from those already revised diaries ...
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... course , " he was able , he says , to go through four courses in a year . As he was surprised , at first , to find himself so full of faults , so he was pleased to find that he was able to decrease the number of his faulty actions . He ...
... course , " he was able , he says , to go through four courses in a year . As he was surprised , at first , to find himself so full of faults , so he was pleased to find that he was able to decrease the number of his faulty actions . He ...
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