Cockney Rhyming Slang http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Words04/usage/slang_cockney.html works by replacing the word to be obscured with the first word of a phrase that rhymes with that word. For instance, "face" would be replaced by "boat," becaus... |
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A Christian Understanding of Freedom http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/articles/misc/dmitri_freedom.html generally use the word freedom in order to describe two things: the first and perhaps most persistent meaning of the term is simply lack of subjection to any kind of ownership or ... |
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On the disadvantage of intellectual superiority (1824) http://www.ourcivilisation.com/smartboard/shop/hazlittw/superior.htm saying is, to throw a word to a dog . I once complained of this to Coleridge, thinking it hard I should be sent to Coventry for not making a prodigious display. He said: 'As you a... |
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Writing Concise Sentences http://www.guidetogrammar.org/grammar/concise.htm "The Perfectibility of Words," by Robert Hartwell Fiske, editor of the online journal Vocabula Review. Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words,... |
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The Simple Gospel According To The Bible http://www.jesusisprecious.org/fundamentals/gospel.htm truth of His precious Word, which is a lamp unto our feet. Psalm 119:105, “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” America's churches influence the world, so i... |
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Charles A. Shook's 1911 book (2nd, ed. 1914) part 1 http://www.olivercowdery.com/smithhome/1900s/1911Shk1.htm we wish to say a word in our own defense. The charge has been made that this book has been written that the author might "realize a little pecuniary profit" from its sale. This ch... |
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THE FALSE GERM THEORY OF DISEASE http://truthquest2.com/germtheory.htm uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own. An imposter is someone who attempts to deceive. Louis Pasteur was a French microbiologist and chemist, born on Decemb... |
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