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, 1896 - 337 sayfa |
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Sayfa 17
... live in New York . " " Tyscovus was anxious to be married at once . " In all these sentences the meaning intended was far from being that of the word anxious ; it was that of the word desirous . Here are some examples of the proper use ...
... live in New York . " " Tyscovus was anxious to be married at once . " In all these sentences the meaning intended was far from being that of the word anxious ; it was that of the word desirous . Here are some examples of the proper use ...
Sayfa 31
... live stock - both horses , cows , and sheep . " Both is sometimes so used in negative sentences that the meaning is doubtful . " Both candidates were not ap- pointed . " Were both rejected ? or was one rejected and the other appointed ...
... live stock - both horses , cows , and sheep . " Both is sometimes so used in negative sentences that the meaning is doubtful . " Both candidates were not ap- pointed . " Were both rejected ? or was one rejected and the other appointed ...
Sayfa 40
... lives of certain of the Eng- lish poets a task for which he is most admirably calcu- lated " [ suited or qualified ] . This making of calculate a sort of " maid of all work " is certainly not to be commended . The word means , To ...
... lives of certain of the Eng- lish poets a task for which he is most admirably calcu- lated " [ suited or qualified ] . This making of calculate a sort of " maid of all work " is certainly not to be commended . The word means , To ...
Sayfa 50
... live long enough to laugh at one half of it ; the boy despises the infant , the man the boy , the sage both , and the Christian all . " " What a piece of work is man ! how noble in reason ! how infinite in faculties ! in form and moving ...
... live long enough to laugh at one half of it ; the boy despises the infant , the man the boy , the sage both , and the Christian all . " " What a piece of work is man ! how noble in reason ! how infinite in faculties ! in form and moving ...
Sayfa 84
... always simpler , than they would be if differently constructed . " 6 " The man I gave it to , " not The man to whom I The verb it belongs to , " not " The verb to gave it . " 66 which it belongs . " " The house we live 84 THE VERBALIST .
... always simpler , than they would be if differently constructed . " 6 " The man I gave it to , " not The man to whom I The verb it belongs to , " not " The verb to gave it . " 66 which it belongs . " " The house we live 84 THE VERBALIST .
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adjective adverb American appears authority better built called careful writers clause Cobbett comma common correct diction Dictionary doubt ellipsis employed England English English language erly error euphonious example expression following sentence frequently gentleman give grammar grammarians Grant White hear heard idiomatic imperfect tense improperly incorrect intended kind lady language Latin less locution look matter means Metonymy mind mood N. Y. Sun never nice noun object old English one's opinion participle passive persons phrase plural preposition present pronoun proper word qualify rarely reference reflexive pronouns relative relative pronouns rhetoric Richard Grant White rule Sally Brown say properly seen sense simply solecism Sometimes misused speak speakers speech subjunctive subjunctive mood superfluous synonym taste tence term thing thou thought tion truth usage verb vulgarism Webster's Dictionary woman word is sometimes York
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Sayfa 232 - The lip of truth shall be established for ever; but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
Sayfa 17 - 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, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden.
Sayfa 270 - 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 208 - 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 266 - 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 269 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Sayfa 235 - ... 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 180 - 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 271 - Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I.
Sayfa 247 - True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense...