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 ProprietyD. Appleton and Company, 1881 - 220 sayfa |
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Sayfa 19
... laws of harmony . . . may al- low copiousness . . . in parts of a discourse . . . in order that the condensation of other parts may be the more high- ly appreciated . " Apprehend - Comprehend . The English often use Both the first of ...
... laws of harmony . . . may al- low copiousness . . . in parts of a discourse . . . in order that the condensation of other parts may be the more high- ly appreciated . " Apprehend - Comprehend . The English often use Both the first of ...
Sayfa 40
... law of a state ; hence , as the laws of states differ , what is crime in one state may not be crime in another . Vice is a course of wrong - doing , and is not modified either by country , religion , or condition . As for sin , it is ...
... law of a state ; hence , as the laws of states differ , what is crime in one state may not be crime in another . Vice is a course of wrong - doing , and is not modified either by country , religion , or condition . As for sin , it is ...
Sayfa 43
... laws and principles of speech.3 4 " The author , not seeing sufficient reason for withhold- ing what had been of much practical benefit to himself , consented . " 7 8 9 " The subject - matter herein contained is an outgrowth from ...
... laws and principles of speech.3 4 " The author , not seeing sufficient reason for withhold- ing what had been of much practical benefit to himself , consented . " 7 8 9 " The subject - matter herein contained is an outgrowth from ...
Sayfa 44
... laws and principles of speech . " And how came these laws and principles in existence ? Who made them ? We are to infer , it would seem , that Professor Townsend made them , and that the world would have had to go without the laws that ...
... laws and principles of speech . " And how came these laws and principles in existence ? Who made them ? We are to infer , it would seem , that Professor Townsend made them , and that the world would have had to go without the laws that ...
Sayfa 61
... law . Ecce homo : behold the man . Ergo : therefore . Et cetera : and the rest ; and so on . Excerpta : extracts . Exempli gratia : by way of example ; abbreviated , e . g . , and ex . gr . Ex officio : by virtue of his office . Ex ...
... law . Ecce homo : behold the man . Ergo : therefore . Et cetera : and the rest ; and so on . Excerpta : extracts . Exempli gratia : by way of example ; abbreviated , e . g . , and ex . gr . Ex officio : by virtue of his office . Ex ...
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adjective adverb American appear authority Bain better built called careful writers clause Cobbett comma common Composition coördinating correct diction doubt ellipsis England English English language error example Fitzedward Hall frequently friends G. F. Watts gentleman give grammar grammarians hear hence house is building idiom idiomatic imperfect tense improperly incorrect John kind Knights Templars lady language Latin less lish lived matter meant Metonymy mind misused mood neuter never nice noun object opinion participle passive persons phrase PLEONASM plural possessive preposition present Professor pronoun properly propriety qualify reason reference relative reply Rhetoric Richard Grant White Sally Brown sense sentence simply singular solecism speak speech style subjunctive subjunctive mood superfluous syllable synonym taste tence term thing thou thought tion tive tongue Townsend truth unfrequently usage utter verb vulgar William Cobbett wise woman word is sometimes
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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 111 - 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 158 - The lip of truth shall be established for ever; but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
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Sayfa 139 - 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 185 - Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I.
Sayfa 181 - 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 125 - 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 184 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?