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52 Cards in this Set
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When it was suggested to ... ... that one of his works ... be bound in ..., ... ... ...--
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Walt Whitman
should velum was outraged |
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''Pshaw!" he ..., "-- ..., curtains, finger ..., chinaware, ... ...!"
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snorted
hangings bowls Mathew Arnold! |
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And ... ... ... ... equally ... by talk ... ...;
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he might have been
irritated of style; |
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for he boasted of "... ... ..."--
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"barbaric yawp"
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he ... ... be literay;
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would not [ital]
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his readers should not ... a ... ... ...
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touch
book but a man. |
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Yet Witman ... ... ... rewrite ... ... four times,
and his style is ... |
took pains to
Leaves of Grass unmistakable. |
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... ... maintained that writers ... ... ... their style became ...
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Samuel Butler
who bothered about unreadable |
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but he ... ... ... ...
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bothered about his own.
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Style ... ... ... ... ... by ... associated with ... and ... personsm, who, like ... ...
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name
growing precious and superior Oscar Wilde, |
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spend a morning ... ... ... ..., and ... ...( ... ... ...) ... ... ... again.
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putting in a comma,
the afternoon (so he said) taking it out again. |
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But such ... of 'style' is ... of English.
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abuse
misuse |
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For the word means ... " a way of ... ..., in language, ..., or ...';
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merely
expressing oneself manner, appearance; |
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or, ..., ' a ... ... of expressing oneslef"-- ... when one says, "Her ... ... ... ..."
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good (it)
way behaviour never lacked style. |
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Now there is no ... in expressing oneslef (though to try to ... oneslef ... others easily grows ... or ...)
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crime
impress on revolting ridiculous |
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Indeed one cannot help expressing oneslef, unless one ... ...'s ... ... a ...
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passses one's life in a cupboard.
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Even the most Communist, or
...-... , is compelled by Nature to have a unique ..., unique ..., unique ... |
rigid
Organization-man voice fingerprints handwriting. |
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Even the signatures of the letters on your ... ... may reveal more than their
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writers ... breaksfast table
guess. |
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Thhere are ... signatures that ... ... ... the page like ... b... ... a t...
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blustering
swish across the page cornstalks bowed before a tempest |
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There are ... signatures, lik a ... of lightening across a ..., .
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cryptic
scrabble |
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suggesting that behind is a ... ... whom none is worth to know (though, as this might be highly incovenient, a ... typist sometimes ... the mystery in a bracket...)
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lofty divinity
docile interprets underneath |
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There are ... ... implying that the author is a sort of ... ... ... round the globe evey eighty minutes.
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impetuous squiggles
strenuos Sputnik streaking |
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There are f... signatures, ... c... and d... and fl..., like the youthful ... (though these seem rather out of fsashion).
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florid
all curlicues and danglements Disraeli |
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There are h..., h... signatures
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humble, humdrum
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And there are also, sometimes, sigatures that are ... clear, yet ... ... a certain simple ... and artistic ...-- in short, ... ....
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courteously
mindful of grace economy of style. |
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Since, then, none of us can ... ... ... ..., or even open his mouth, withoug giveing something of ... ... to ... ...,
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put pen to paper
himself away shrewd observers |
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it seems ... common senese to give the matter a ... ...
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mere
little thought. |
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Yet it does not seem
very …. |
common.
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Ladies may take ... pains ...
having style in their clothes, but many of us remain ... ... about having it in ... ... |
infinite
about curiously indifferent our words. |
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How many women would ... of ... not only their ... but also their ...?
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dream
polishing nails tongues |
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They may ... freely on that ... ... ..., but they cannot often be ... to ... it.
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play
perlious little organ, bothered tune |
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And how many men ... of ... their ... as well as their ... ...
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think
improving talk golf handicap |
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... ... strong silent men, speaking only in … …, may despise “mere words.
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No doubt
gruff monosyllables |
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” No doubt the world does suffer from an … … of verbal dysentery.But that,… , is bad style.
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endemic plague
precisely |
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And … the amazing power of mere words.
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consider
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… …was a bad artist, bad statesman, bad general and bad man.
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Adolf Hitler
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But … because he could tune his rant, with psychological nicety, to the exact wave length of his audiences and make millions quarrelsome-drunk all at the same time by his command of windy nonsense, skilled statesmen, soldiers, scientists were blown away like chaff, and he came near to rule the world. If Sir Winston Churchill had been a mere speechifier, we might well have lost the war؛yet his speeches did quite a lot to win it.
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largely
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Adolf Hitler was a bad artist, bad statesman, bad general and bad man. But largely because he could … … … …, with psychological nicety, to the exact wave length of his audiences and make millions quarrelsome-drunk all at the same time by his command of windy nonsense, skilled statesmen, soldiers, scientists were blown away like chaff, and he came near to rule the world. If Sir Winston Churchill had been a mere speechifier, we might well have lost the war؛yet his speeches did quite a lot to win it.
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tune his rant
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Adolf Hitler was a bad artist, bad statesman, bad general and bad man. But largely because he could tune his rant, … … … , to the exact wave length of his audiences and make millions quarrelsome-drunk all at the same time by his command of windy nonsense, skilled statesmen, soldiers, scientists were blown away like chaff, and he came near to rule the world. If Sir Winston Churchill had been a mere speechifier, we might well have lost the war؛yet his speeches did quite a lot to win it.
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with psychological nicety
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No doubt strong silent men, speaking only in gruff monosyllables, may despise “mere words.” No doubt the world does suffer from an endemic plague of verbal dysentery. But that, precisely, is bad style. And consider the amazing power of mere words. Adolf Hitler was a bad artist, bad statesman, bad general and bad man. But largely because he could tune his rant, with psychological nicety, … … … … of his audiences and make millions quarrelsome-drunk all at the same time by his command of windy nonsense, skilled statesmen, soldiers, scientists were blown away like chaff, and he came near to rule the world. If Sir Winston Churchill had been a mere speechifier, we might well have lost the war؛yet his speeches did quite a lot to win it.
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to the exact wave length of
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But largely because he could tune his rant, with psychological nicety, to the exact wave length of his audiences and make millions ...-... all at the same time by his command of windy nonsense, skilled statesmen, soldiers, scientists were blown away like chaff, and he came near to rule the world. If Sir Winston Churchill had been a mere speechifier, we might well have lost the war؛yet his speeches did quite a lot to win it.
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quarrelsome-drunk
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But largely because he could tune his rant, with psychological nicety, to the exact wave length of his audiences and make millions quarrelsome-drunk all at the same time by ... ... … …. …, skilled statesmen, soldiers, scientists were blown away like chaff, and he came near to rule the world. If Sir Winston Churchill had been a mere speechifier, we might well have lost the war؛yet his speeches did quite a lot to win it.
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his command of windy nonsense
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skilled statesmen, soldiers, scientists were … … like … and he came near to rule the world. If Sir Winston Churchill had been a mere speechifier, we might well have lost the war؛yet his speeches did quite a lot to win it.
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blown away
chaff |
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skilled statesmen, soldiers, scientists were blown away like chaff, and he … …to rule the world.
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came near
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No man was … … a literary aesthete than Benjamin Frnaklin.
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less of
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No man was less of a … …than Benjamin Frnaklin.
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literary aesthete
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No man was less of a literary aesthete than … ….
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Benjamin Frnaklin
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Yet this …-… t son, who changed world history, regarded as “a principal means of my advancement” that pungent style which he acquired partly by poring over old Spectators؛but mainlyby being Benjamin Frnaklin.
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tallow-chandler’s.
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Yet this tallow-chandler’s son, who changed world history, regarded as”… … … … … …” that pungent style which he acquired partly by poring over old Spectators؛but mainly by being Benjamin Frnaklin.
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“a principal means of my advancement”
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Yet this tallow-chandler’s son, who changed world history, regarded as” a principal means of my advancement” that … … which he acquired partly by poring over old Spectators؛but mainly by being Benjamin Frnaklin.
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pungent style
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that pungent style which he acquired partly by ... ... old Spectators؛but mainly by being Benjamin Frnaklin.
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poring over
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that pungent style which he acquired partly by old Spectators؛but mainly by being … …
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Bejamin Frnaklin
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