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As soon as they were capable of it , I taught them to turn verse into its natural prose order ; sometimes to substitute synonimous expressions for poetical words , and to supply all the ellipses . These , you know , are the means of ...
As soon as they were capable of it , I taught them to turn verse into its natural prose order ; sometimes to substitute synonimous expressions for poetical words , and to supply all the ellipses . These , you know , are the means of ...
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It should be added , though , that Burns seems to have got the basic structure of his verse letters from this poem of Fergusson's , which starts off with a warm expression of friendship and links that expression , in the penulti- mate ...
It should be added , though , that Burns seems to have got the basic structure of his verse letters from this poem of Fergusson's , which starts off with a warm expression of friendship and links that expression , in the penulti- mate ...
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I believe no man was ever gifted with a larger portion of the vivida vis animi : the animated expressions of his coun- ... There was a strong expression of sense and shrewdness in all his lineaments : the eye alone , I think , indicated ...
I believe no man was ever gifted with a larger portion of the vivida vis animi : the animated expressions of his coun- ... There was a strong expression of sense and shrewdness in all his lineaments : the eye alone , I think , indicated ...
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