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- noun Plural form of
essay . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
essay .
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Just as the same illustrious man's essays are good hints -- useful topics -- for essays; but no approximation to what we, in modern days, understand by _essays_: they are, as an eminent author once happily expressed it to myself, '_seeds, not plants or shrubs; acorns, that is, oaks in embryo, but not oaks_.'
The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey—Vol. 1 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg Thomas De Quincey 1822
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Now, if you (or any other contributer) think one of the essays is a particularly good example of ID research, go ahead and blog it.
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Now, if you (or any other contributer) think one of the essays is a particularly good example of ID research, go ahead and blog it.
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If he'd handed in essays he might have learned to spell. "forgo".
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If he'd handed in essays he might have learned to spell. "forgo".
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We are particularly interested in essays that explore the cultural significance of the Twilight phenomenon and its impact on youth culture.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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Writing poetry and groundbreaking essays is all good and well, but sometimes it all starts with friends in the kitchen.
Remembering Our Roots… « in other words [a portland feminist and queer bookstore and blog] 2009
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We are particularly interested in essays that explore the cultural significance of the Twilight phenomenon and its impact on youth culture.
Twilight 2009
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The issue includes articles and essays from a variety of authors on issues that will impact and define the direction of the South during the next 40 years.
McDonnell talks about the South's future Anita Kumar 2010
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New book of previously unpublished Mark Twain essays - Boing Boing
Boing Boing 2009
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