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 Propriety |
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in the eightieth Psalm , the Jews are represented under the symbol of a vine : “ Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt : thou hast cast out the heathen , and planted it . Thou preparedst room before it , and didst cause it to take deep ...
in the eightieth Psalm , the Jews are represented under the symbol of a vine : “ Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt : thou hast cast out the heathen , and planted it . Thou preparedst room before it , and didst cause it to take deep ...
Sayfa 19
The following are some examples : “ O gentle sleep , Nature's soft nurse , how have I frighted thee , That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down , And steep my senses in forgetfulness ? " “ Sail on , thou lone imperial bird Of ...
The following are some examples : “ O gentle sleep , Nature's soft nurse , how have I frighted thee , That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down , And steep my senses in forgetfulness ? " “ Sail on , thou lone imperial bird Of ...
Sayfa 29
... to sit beside a fountain ; or with the closely allied meaning aside from , or out of ; as , this is beside our present purpose : ' Paul , thou art beside thyself . The adverbial sense to be wholly transferred to the cognate word .
... to sit beside a fountain ; or with the closely allied meaning aside from , or out of ; as , this is beside our present purpose : ' Paul , thou art beside thyself . The adverbial sense to be wholly transferred to the cognate word .
Sayfa 170
“ Canst thou not minister to a mind diseasedPluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ? " “ At length Erasmus Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age , And drove those holy Vandals off the stage . ” “ Censure is the tax a man pays to ...
“ Canst thou not minister to a mind diseasedPluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ? " “ At length Erasmus Stemmed the wild torrent of a barbarous age , And drove those holy Vandals off the stage . ” “ Censure is the tax a man pays to ...
Sayfa 219
On solemn occasions we may revert to thou . ' Cato , in his meditative soliloquy on reading Plato's views on the immortality of the soul , before killing himself , says : • Plato , thou reasonest well . ' So in the Commandments , thou ...
On solemn occasions we may revert to thou . ' Cato , in his meditative soliloquy on reading Plato's views on the immortality of the soul , before killing himself , says : • Plato , thou reasonest well . ' So in the Commandments , thou ...
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according adjective adverb American appears asked authority avoid become better built called careful cause clause clear comma common considered continually correct course diction Dictionary doubt employed England English error example expression fact frequently future give given grammar hand hear heard improperly intended John kind lady language laws learned leave less live look matter means mind misused natural never noun object opinion participle passive past persons phrase plural possessive preferred preposition present pronoun proper properly question rarely reason reference regard relative rhetoric rule seems seen sense sentence simply sometimes speak speakers speech Story tell term thing thou thought tion true truth usage verb vulgarism White whole woman word writers York young