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Meanings of close application in English

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Usage of close application in English
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It is the result of long thinking, close application, and strict observation.
The Life of George Washington, Vol. 3 / Commander in Chief of th...
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He looked well, but pale and thin, as though accustomed to close application.
The Law-Breakers and Other Stories
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Eight minutes' close application was enough to finish the puzzle.
Scoop
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It requires the forethought, the close application, the keen interest, and the comfortable idea building.
Industrial Progress and Human Economics
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Both required technique; each art demanded long, close application.
Under the Skylights
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Too much work or too close application of mind.
His Excellency the Minister
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Naturally intelligent, Maria had, by close application to books, acquired some knowledge of the world.
Justice in the By-Ways, a Tale of Life
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Well, your Form work requires equally close application.
The Luckiest Girl in the School
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Precocious and delicate children especially should be kept from a too early and close application to books.
The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mothe...
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The close application required of him and the confinement in the office, he contended, would soon kill him.
The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete
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Mr. Adams carried with him into Congress all his previous habits of industry and close application to business.
Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams / Sixth President ...
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We improve ourselves by close application.
English Grammar in Familiar Lectures / Accompanied by a compendi...
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Beethoven realized, on coming to Vienna, more fully than before, the necessity for close application to his studies.
Beethoven, a character study / Together with Wagner's indebtedne...
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William was, with all his boyish frolic, a child of great promise, capable of close application and study.
The Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln
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Reserve is that which is developed only after close application to, and experience in, the laws of good conduct.
Book of Etiquette, Volume II
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I was always a delicate child, and the close application required for these studies was too much for me.
Vocal Mastery / Talks with Master Singers and Teachers, Comprisi...
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