consecutiveness

Example Sentences

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In calling the objects of his demand thoughts, he does not intend to ascribe to them dignity, consecutiveness, or truth.

From How We Think by Dewey, John

In the first two books, the allegorical story proceeds from point to point with fair coherence and consecutiveness.

From Spenser by Church, R. W. (Richard William)

Elegance of style, orderliness of arrangement, consecutiveness of thought alone would never have given Freytag his place in German literature.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 by Various

It has more consecutiveness than Otranto, and escapes the absurdities of the copiously but clumsily used supernatural by administering it in a very minute dose.

From The English Novel by Saintsbury, George

Good for moments these are always good: we may open by chance, dip anywhere, read in any order, begin at the last paragraph and read backward as well; obvious consecutiveness being of less consequence.

From Tablets by Alcott, Amos Bronson