The Verbalist: A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those who Would Speak and Write with ProprietyD. Appleton, 1882 - 220 sayfa |
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Sayfa 17
... kind . Any . This word is sometimes made to do service for at all . We say properly , " She is not any better " ; but we can not properly say , " She does not see any , " meaning that she is blind . Anybody else . " " In " Public School ...
... kind . Any . This word is sometimes made to do service for at all . We say properly , " She is not any better " ; but we can not properly say , " She does not see any , " meaning that she is blind . Anybody else . " " In " Public School ...
Sayfa 19
... kind of belief , the having [ of ] the least idea of the presence of a thing . " Apt . Often misused for likely , and sometimes for liable . " What is he apt to be doing ? " " Where shall I be apt to find him ? " " If properly directed ...
... kind of belief , the having [ of ] the least idea of the presence of a thing . " Apt . Often misused for likely , and sometimes for liable . " What is he apt to be doing ? " " Where shall I be apt to find him ? " " If properly directed ...
Sayfa 29
... kind of affectation ; affectation is an effort to sail under false colors ; an effort to sail under false colors is a kind of falsehood ; and falsehood is a term of Latin origin which we often use instead of the stronger Saxon term ...
... kind of affectation ; affectation is an effort to sail under false colors ; an effort to sail under false colors is a kind of falsehood ; and falsehood is a term of Latin origin which we often use instead of the stronger Saxon term ...
Sayfa 30
... kind in the writings of authors of repute . Witness the following : " And everybody is to know him except I . " - George Meri- deth in " The Tragic Comedies , " Eng . ed . , vol . i , p . 33 . " Let's you and I go " : say , me . We can ...
... kind in the writings of authors of repute . Witness the following : " And everybody is to know him except I . " - George Meri- deth in " The Tragic Comedies , " Eng . ed . , vol . i , p . 33 . " Let's you and I go " : say , me . We can ...
Sayfa 40
... kind considered together , that in this sense it may be deemed permissible , though the substitution of the word two for it would often materially improve the diction . Courage . See BRAVERY . Crime - Vice - Sin . The confusion that ...
... kind considered together , that in this sense it may be deemed permissible , though the substitution of the word two for it would often materially improve the diction . Courage . See BRAVERY . Crime - Vice - Sin . The confusion that ...
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adjective adverb American appear authority Bain better built called careful writers clause Cobbett comma common Composition coördinating correct diction doubt Elizabeth Proctor ellipsis English English Language error euphonious example expression Fitzedward Hall frequently friends gentleman give grammar grammarians hear hence idiom idiomatic imperfect tense improperly incorrect John kind Knights Templars lady language Latin less lish lived matter means meant ment Metonymy mind misused mood neuter never nice noun object opinion participle passive persons phrase PLEONASM plural possessive preposition present Professor pronoun proper properly qualify reader reason reference relative reply Rhetoric Richard Grant White Sally Brown sense simply singular solecism speak speech style subjunctive subjunctive mood superfluous syllable synonym taste tence tense term thing thou thought tion tive tongue Townsend truth unfrequently usage utter verb vulgar wise woman word is sometimes
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Sayfa 113 - Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
Sayfa 160 - The lip of truth shall be established for ever; but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Sayfa 187 - Angels and ministers of grace defend us! Be thou a spirit of health or goblin damn'd, Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell, Be thy intents wicked or charitable, Thou com'st in such a questionable shape, That I will speak to thee: I'll call thee Hamlet, King, father, royal Dane, O, answer me!
Sayfa 141 - Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Sayfa 183 - Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
Sayfa 127 - I cannot tell, what you and other men Think of this life; but, for my single self, I had as lief not be, as live to be In awe of such a thing as I m,yself.
Sayfa 186 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Sayfa 163 - ... and my blood, And let all sleep, while to my shame I see The imminent death of twenty thousand men, That for a fantasy and trick of fame Go to their graves like beds, fight for a plot Whereon the numbers cannot try the cause, Which is not tomb enough and continent To hide the slain ? O, from this time forth, My thoughts be bloody, or be nothing worth ! \Exit.
Sayfa 164 - twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? Still it whispered promised pleasure And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail...
Sayfa 140 - Earth felt the wound, and nature from her seat, Sighing through all her works, gave signs of woe, That all was lost.