Essays by Divers Hands: Being the Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature, Band 21 |
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... nouns may do the work of adjectives ; but only clumsily , for the adjective is a grace in a language which the dense forests of Germany prevented the Romans from bringing to that part of Europe , and the Germans are fond of strings of nouns ...
... nouns may do the work of adjectives ; but only clumsily , for the adjective is a grace in a language which the dense forests of Germany prevented the Romans from bringing to that part of Europe , and the Germans are fond of strings of nouns ...
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... nouns , only two of them , but they are aggravated by the adjective , which in these cases is often as bad as another noun . As I have said , there are no rules whereby to tell which noun this adjective qualifies ; you merely take your ...
... nouns , only two of them , but they are aggravated by the adjective , which in these cases is often as bad as another noun . As I have said , there are no rules whereby to tell which noun this adjective qualifies ; you merely take your ...
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... Nouns have been worn so thin by overwork that we can no longer recognize a noun when we see it . Is war a noun here ? It may be . But I think it is meant for an adjective qualifying the word time ; or rather a hyphened noun that has ...
... Nouns have been worn so thin by overwork that we can no longer recognize a noun when we see it . Is war a noun here ? It may be . But I think it is meant for an adjective qualifying the word time ; or rather a hyphened noun that has ...
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Among the Ruins By The LORD DUNSANY Litt D F R S L | 14 |
Giff Edmonds Memorial Lecture Fame versus Fashion in Literature | 46 |
Style and Fashion in Literature By CLIFFORD BAX F S A | 67 |
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