consecution
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Thus emphasis is put upon the logical subdivisions and consecutions of the subject-matter.
From The Child and the Curriculum by Dewey, John
He turned over the consecutions of his argument like the pages of a printed book.
From The Turnstile by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
It is we who deceive ourselves by the use we make of them, that is, by our consecutions.
From Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil by Huggard, E.M.
It is also observable, that those bright scintillations neer the Horizon, are not by much so quick and sudden in their consecutions of one another, as the nimbler twinklings of Stars neerer the Zenith.
From Micrographia Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses with Observations and Inquiries Thereupon by Hooke, Robert
His fingers ceased to twitch, and he turned over in his mind the consecutions of his thoughts as though he were turning over the pages of a book.
From The Turnstile by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
