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Page 84
... less bitter , and the line of demarcation between the two worlds became even less visible , although the quarrel continued to supply a background for many foreign novelists long after it had ceased to be acute . The problem of the ...
... less bitter , and the line of demarcation between the two worlds became even less visible , although the quarrel continued to supply a background for many foreign novelists long after it had ceased to be acute . The problem of the ...
Page 105
... Less important than the foregoing are the devices of periphrasis or circumlocutio , and its closely related expolitio . Circumlocutio was highly regarded as one of the best means , both of amplifying discourse and of raising commonplace ...
... Less important than the foregoing are the devices of periphrasis or circumlocutio , and its closely related expolitio . Circumlocutio was highly regarded as one of the best means , both of amplifying discourse and of raising commonplace ...
Page 238
... less in fear of Russia if they had been able to visit her Asiatic frontiers , to inspect her frontier armies , and to discover for themselves , what many states- men in Europe had long ago discovered , the great disparity between the ...
... less in fear of Russia if they had been able to visit her Asiatic frontiers , to inspect her frontier armies , and to discover for themselves , what many states- men in Europe had long ago discovered , the great disparity between the ...
Contents
HONORARY FELLOWS | 12 |
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 192526 | 13 |
ON THE COLOPHONS AND MARGINALIA OF IRISH SCRIBES BY THE | 13 |
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