The Verbalist: A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those who Would Speak and Write with ProprietyD. Appleton, 1881 - 220 sayfa |
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... means to provoke , irritate , or anger . Thus , “ It aggravates [ provokes ] me to be continually found fault with " ; " He is easily aggravated [ irritated ] . " To aggravate means to make worse , to heighten . We therefore very ...
... means to provoke , irritate , or anger . Thus , “ It aggravates [ provokes ] me to be continually found fault with " ; " He is easily aggravated [ irritated ] . " To aggravate means to make worse , to heighten . We therefore very ...
Sayfa 13
... means that virtue unaided suffices to make us happy ; " Virtue only makes us happy , " means that nothing else can do it — that that , and that only ( not alone ) , can do it . " This means of communication is employed by man alone ...
... means that virtue unaided suffices to make us happy ; " Virtue only makes us happy , " means that nothing else can do it — that that , and that only ( not alone ) , can do it . " This means of communication is employed by man alone ...
Sayfa 14
... means prepared for . " What Mr. Watts meant to say was , doubtless , that a degree of excellence had been reached . There are not a few who , in their prepossession for everything transatlantic , seem to be of opinion that the English ...
... means prepared for . " What Mr. Watts meant to say was , doubtless , that a degree of excellence had been reached . There are not a few who , in their prepossession for everything transatlantic , seem to be of opinion that the English ...
Sayfa 15
... means , to take beforehand ; to go before so as to preclude another ; to get the start or ahead of ; to enjoy , possess , or suffer , in expectation ; to foretaste . It is , therefore , misused in such sentences as , " Her death is ...
... means , to take beforehand ; to go before so as to preclude another ; to get the start or ahead of ; to enjoy , possess , or suffer , in expectation ; to foretaste . It is , therefore , misused in such sentences as , " Her death is ...
Sayfa 16
... means of antith- eses : " Of genius - that power which constitutes a poet ; that quality without which judgment is cold , and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects , combines , amplifies , and animates - the superiority must ...
... means of antith- eses : " Of genius - that power which constitutes a poet ; that quality without which judgment is cold , and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects , combines , amplifies , and animates - the superiority must ...
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