Hill's Manual of Social and Business Forms: A Guide to Correct Writing ...Hill Standard book Company, 1883 - 483 páginas |
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... manner admits of no excuse , " should be " His manner admits no ex- cuse . " " Received of John Brown five dollars , " should be " Received from John Brown five dollars . " No other means but this was left , " should be " No other means ...
... manner admits of no excuse , " should be " His manner admits no ex- cuse . " " Received of John Brown five dollars , " should be " Received from John Brown five dollars . " No other means but this was left , " should be " No other means ...
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... manner and diffidence . is an ob- ject of pity or ridicule , and without influence Second . These should be so arranged that one thought should be the natural outgrowth of the other , and each idea should be so distinctly marked out as ...
... manner and diffidence . is an ob- ject of pity or ridicule , and without influence Second . These should be so arranged that one thought should be the natural outgrowth of the other , and each idea should be so distinctly marked out as ...
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... manner vastly better than most people would suppose who may have listened to his maiden efforts in the commencement of his public speaking . IDEAS EXPRESSED IN FEW WORDS . BREVITY IN COMPOSITION . O be . able to talk correctly , the stu ...
... manner vastly better than most people would suppose who may have listened to his maiden efforts in the commencement of his public speaking . IDEAS EXPRESSED IN FEW WORDS . BREVITY IN COMPOSITION . O be . able to talk correctly , the stu ...
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... manner , appearance , look , mien . Alarm - fear , consternation , dread , apprehension , fright , terror , sum- mons , surprise . Alienate transfer , withdraw , estrange . Allege - adduce , affirm , advance , assert . Alleviate ease ...
... manner , appearance , look , mien . Alarm - fear , consternation , dread , apprehension , fright , terror , sum- mons , surprise . Alienate transfer , withdraw , estrange . Allege - adduce , affirm , advance , assert . Alleviate ease ...
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... manner , behavior , de- portment , mien , demeanor , walk , bearing . Carry - transport , convey , bear . Cast throw , hurl , turn , direct , fling . Catch - snatch , seize , lay hold of , grasp , capture , grip . Cause - origin ...
... manner , behavior , de- portment , mien , demeanor , walk , bearing . Carry - transport , convey , bear . Cast throw , hurl , turn , direct , fling . Catch - snatch , seize , lay hold of , grasp , capture , grip . Cause - origin ...
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Página 439 - THE EPITAPH Here rests his head upon the lap of. earth, A youth, to fortune and to fame unknown : Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth, And Melancholy marked him for her own.
Página 400 - Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide: If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all.
Página 398 - The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
Página 319 - Agriculture, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture, in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants.
Página 439 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favorite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; "The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Página 221 - And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Página 227 - Deceased, do make or cause to be made a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the Goods Chattels and Credits of the said Deceased...
Página 449 - Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud? — Like a swift-fleeting meteor, a fast-flying cloud, A flash of the lightning, a break of the wave, He passeth from life to his rest in the grave. "The leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade, Be scattered around, and together be laid ; And the young and the old, and the low and the high. Shall moulder to dust, and together shall lie.
Página 221 - ... shall be free and that the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authorities thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons and i hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence unless in necessary selfdefense and i recommend to them that in all cases when allowed they labor faithfully for reasonable wages...
Página 221 - ... order and designate, as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively are this day in rebellion against the United States...