 | 1864 - 640 str.
...than by extracting a few lines from his general advice to his readers : — " Be simple," he eays, " be unaffected, be honest in your speaking and writing....spade, not a wellknown oblong instrument of manual industry. . . . Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us ; but simplicity and straightforwardness... | |
 | 1864 - 348 str.
...may be encouraged, and those who do not may be silently rebuked. — Ib. THE WORDS WE USE. Be simple, unaffected ; be honest in your speaking and writing. Never use a long word where a short one will do. Gall a spade a spade, not a well known oblong instrument of manual industry ; let home be a home, not... | |
 | 1862 - 396 str.
...destroy the clearness aud wholesomeness of our native tongue. I must now conclude, with some advice. Be simple, be unaffected, be honest in your speaking and writing. Never use a long word where a short will do. Call a spade a spade, not a well-known oblung instrument of manual husbandry ; let home be... | |
 | Henry Alford - 1864 - 288 str.
...which may be inferred from these examples, and from the way in which I have been dealing with them. Be simple, be unaffected, be honest in your speaking...spade, not a well-known oblong instrument of manual industry ; let home be home, not a residence; a place a place, not a locality; and so of the rest.... | |
 | 1864 - 618 str.
...than by extracting a few lines from his general advice to his readers:— ' Be simple,' (he says) ' be unaffected, be honest in your speaking and writing....spade, not a well-known oblong instrument of manual industry. . . . Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straightforwardness... | |
 | 1864 - 990 str.
...least give some idea in their own language, backing their seasonable counsels with all our heart. 1. "Be simple, be unaffected, be honest in your speaking...where a short one will do. Call a spade a spade, not a well known oblong instrument of manual industry. . . . Elegance of language may not bo in the power... | |
 | 1865 - 826 str.
...Queen's English," gives the following judicious counsel, applicable to the use of words hi prayer : — " Be simple, be unaffected, be honest in your speaking...where a short one will do. Call a spade a spade, not a well known oblong instmment of manual industry : let home be Iwme, not a residence ; a place a place,... | |
 | William Howse Groser - 1865 - 204 str.
...more of your good English !" The remarks .of Dean Alford upon this point are just and forcible : — " Never use a long word where a short one will do. Call a spade a spade, not a ivellknown oblong instrument of manual industry ; let home be home, not a residence ; a place a, place,... | |
 | Henry Alford - 1864 - 322 str.
...which may be inferred from these examples, and from the way in which I have been dealing with them. Be simple, be unaffected, be honest in your speaking...spade, not a well-known oblong instrument of manual industry ; let home be home, not a residence ; a place a place, not a locality ; and so of the rest.... | |
 | George Washington Moon - 1868 - 280 str.
...rule of the 'high-polite style' is to call a spade anything but a spade.—Modern English, p. 525. Call a spade a spade, not a well-known oblong instrument of manual husbandry.—Queen's English, p. 278. The shrinking from the plain honest speech of our Teutonic forefathers... | |
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Be simple, unaffected; be honest in your speaking and writing. Never use a long word where a short one will do as well. 
