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 13
... tion , to name , which is a long way from being its legiti- mate signification . This degradation is doubtless a direct outcome of untutored desire to be fine and to use big words . Alone . This word is often improperly used for only ...
... tion , to name , which is a long way from being its legiti- mate signification . This degradation is doubtless a direct outcome of untutored desire to be fine and to use big words . Alone . This word is often improperly used for only ...
Sayfa 21
... tion and prettiness , to say nothing of pedantic pretension to accuracy . " If the ess is to be permitted , there is no reason for ex- cluding it from any noun that indicates a person ; and the next editions of our dictionaries may be ...
... tion and prettiness , to say nothing of pedantic pretension to accuracy . " If the ess is to be permitted , there is no reason for ex- cluding it from any noun that indicates a person ; and the next editions of our dictionaries may be ...
Sayfa 26
... tion - ar - y , mil - it - ar - y , with a secondary accent on the penultimate , in- stead of sinking the third syllable , as is so common in Eng- land . There is , no doubt , something disagreeably stiff in an anxious and affected ...
... tion - ar - y , mil - it - ar - y , with a secondary accent on the penultimate , in- stead of sinking the third syllable , as is so common in Eng- land . There is , no doubt , something disagreeably stiff in an anxious and affected ...
Sayfa 28
... tion , to reckon , to estimate ; and , say some of the purists , it never means anything else when properly used . If this is true , we can not say a thing is calculated to do harm , but must , if we are ambitious to have our English ...
... tion , to reckon , to estimate ; and , say some of the purists , it never means anything else when properly used . If this is true , we can not say a thing is calculated to do harm , but must , if we are ambitious to have our English ...
Sayfa 39
... tion to decide which we are to prefer . Convoke - Convene . At one time and another there has been some discussion with regard to the correct use of these two words . According to Crabb , “ There is nothing imperative on the part of ...
... tion to decide which we are to prefer . Convoke - Convene . At one time and another there has been some discussion with regard to the correct use of these two words . According to Crabb , “ There is nothing imperative on the part of ...
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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.