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, 1881 - 220 sayfa |
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Sayfa 40
... exists in the use of these words is due largely to an imperfect under- standing of their respective meanings . Crime is the viola- tion of the law of a state ; hence , as the laws of states differ , what is crime in one state may not be ...
... exists in the use of these words is due largely to an imperfect under- standing of their respective meanings . Crime is the viola- tion of the law of a state ; hence , as the laws of states differ , what is crime in one state may not be ...
Sayfa 66
... exist , a breaking up of these vast demesnes into many minor freeholds would no doubt be a [ of ] very great advantage . " Substitute large for immense , and take out vast , many , and very , and the language becomes much more forcible ...
... exist , a breaking up of these vast demesnes into many minor freeholds would no doubt be a [ of ] very great advantage . " Substitute large for immense , and take out vast , many , and very , and the language becomes much more forcible ...
Sayfa 97
... exists , built , would never have been proposed as adequate to convey any but a neuter sense ; whereas it was ... exist . " + " Samuel Richardson writes : ' Jenny , who attends me here , has more than once hinted to me that Miss ...
... exists , built , would never have been proposed as adequate to convey any but a neuter sense ; whereas it was ... exist . " + " Samuel Richardson writes : ' Jenny , who attends me here , has more than once hinted to me that Miss ...
Sayfa 100
... no more difference between sup- plement and complement than he recognizes between be and exist . See the extract I have made above , from p . 353. " 66 has its counterpart in some other language ; from the 100 THE VERBALIST .
... no more difference between sup- plement and complement than he recognizes between be and exist . See the extract I have made above , from p . 353. " 66 has its counterpart in some other language ; from the 100 THE VERBALIST .
Sayfa 101
... exist are , ' to Mr. White's apprehension , ' perfect synonyms , or more nearly perfect , perhaps , than any two verbs in the language . In some of their meanings there is a shade of difference , but in others there is none whatever ...
... exist are , ' to Mr. White's apprehension , ' perfect synonyms , or more nearly perfect , perhaps , than any two verbs in the language . In some of their meanings there is a shade of difference , but in others there is none whatever ...
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Sayfa 13 - Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, So that all they which pass by the way do pluck her ? The boar out of the wood doth waste it, < And the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
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.
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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 187 - Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I.
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?