Notes on the Composition of Scientific PapersMacmillan and Company, limited; New York, The Macmillan Company, 1904 - 154 strán (strany) |
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Strana 14
... theory , ' when to say ' opinion , ' notion , ' ' conjecture , ' or ' guess . ' Or a sentence may be stuffed , like a bag , with valuable matter ; yet unless the clauses run in the order of the thought , and by still subtler arrangement ...
... theory , ' when to say ' opinion , ' notion , ' ' conjecture , ' or ' guess . ' Or a sentence may be stuffed , like a bag , with valuable matter ; yet unless the clauses run in the order of the thought , and by still subtler arrangement ...
Strana 25
... theory of the conflict of good and evil powers . In nature there is no great and small ; the careful precision , even of a word , often so bites into the matter as to lead the author to revise or enlarge his thought ; slovenly writing ...
... theory of the conflict of good and evil powers . In nature there is no great and small ; the careful precision , even of a word , often so bites into the matter as to lead the author to revise or enlarge his thought ; slovenly writing ...
Strana 31
... theory ' ; if I write cursorily to a friend that I am anxious ' to see him ; is it progress or deterior- ation ? We have seen ( p . 10 ) that in English there are few synonyms or none ; that between every pair of approximate words there ...
... theory ' ; if I write cursorily to a friend that I am anxious ' to see him ; is it progress or deterior- ation ? We have seen ( p . 10 ) that in English there are few synonyms or none ; that between every pair of approximate words there ...
Strana 37
... theory ' to take its place . An antiquary , as he tells us , has a theory ' that a certain coin is of Constantine ; in the I 37 INTRODUCTORY Growth and decay in language, Obsolescent words, Gaudiness,
... theory ' to take its place . An antiquary , as he tells us , has a theory ' that a certain coin is of Constantine ; in the I 37 INTRODUCTORY Growth and decay in language, Obsolescent words, Gaudiness,
Strana 38
... theory ' that a burglar climbed over the garden wall and let himself in by the cellar window ; in the next a ' theory ' that the leader of the opposite political party talks nonsense ; and so on ( vide p . 93 ) . We , who shrink from ...
... theory ' that a burglar climbed over the garden wall and let himself in by the cellar window ; in the next a ' theory ' that the leader of the opposite political party talks nonsense ; and so on ( vide p . 93 ) . We , who shrink from ...
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abstract adjective adverb alliteration argument assonance become beginning better candidate for M.D. chapter clauses comma common composition convenient correct deflexion disease doubt effective emphatic empyema Encyclopædia Britannica English entity error essay essayist example facts false faults following sentence frequent hand Henry Sidgwick hypothesis instance kind Lady Welby language Latin less logical long sentence loose lucid matter Matthew Arnold meaning metaphor mind nature nosological notion noun noun substantive observed pains paragraph patient pedantry period periodic sentence person phrases physician poetry precision pronoun proper proposition quotations rarely reader redundant revision rhythm scarcely scientific papers scientific prose seems seen semicolon sense Sir Thomas Browne slang slips slovenly speak speech Split Infinitive stops student style Subjunctive mood suspensions tautology tell theory thesis things thought tion truth vera causa verb vide watercress words write written
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Strana 130 - In our study of Anatomy there is a mass of mysterious Philosophy, and such as reduced the very Heathens to Divinity...
Strana 18 - As I WALKED through the wilderness of this world, I lighted on a certain place where was a Den, and I laid me down in that place to sleep: and as I slept I dreamed a dream. I dreamed, and behold, I saw a man clothed with rags, standing in a certain place, with his face from his own house, a book in his hand, and a great burden upon his back.
Strana 18 - I WAS ever of opinion, that the honest man who married, and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single, and only talked of population.
Strana 119 - The Stones of Venice had, from beginning to end, no other aim than to show that the Gothic architecture of Venice had arisen out of, and indicated in all its features, a state of pure national faith, and of domestic virtue ; and that its Renaissance architecture had arisen out of, and in all its features indicated, a state of concealed national infidelity, and of domestic corruption.
Strana 78 - Has he written anything?" — we were above that pedantry; but we waited to see what he could do. If he could take a hand at piquet, he was welcome to sit down. If a person liked anything, if he took snuff heartily, it was sufficient.
Strana 122 - The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth. 3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.
Strana 78 - A character was good anywhere, in a room or on paper. But we abhorred insipidity, affectation, and fine gentlemen. There was one of our party who never failed to mark " two for his Nob " at cribbage, and he was thought no mean person.
Strana 116 - Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out.
Strana 142 - To be knaved out of our graves, to have our skulls made drinking-bowls and our bones turned into pipes, to delight and sport our enemies, are tragical abominations, escaped in burning burials.