Modern English Literature: Its Blemishes and DefectsLongman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1857 - Počet stran: 307 |
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Strana 28
... adopt a meaning in direct opposition to the writer's words , and to trust to one's own penetration and good sense for the correction of the author's language and the rectification of his blunders . A striking instance of a want of ...
... adopt a meaning in direct opposition to the writer's words , and to trust to one's own penetration and good sense for the correction of the author's language and the rectification of his blunders . A striking instance of a want of ...
Strana 30
... adopting Blair's definition of " precision , " without the slightest attempt to retrench its superfluities or supply its lack of grammar . His words are : - " Precision signifies retrenching superfluities , and pruning the expression ...
... adopting Blair's definition of " precision , " without the slightest attempt to retrench its superfluities or supply its lack of grammar . His words are : - " Precision signifies retrenching superfluities , and pruning the expression ...
Strana 36
... adopted , it would be correct to say " has arrest " - " can risen . " " This union shared the fate of nearly all in every rank which are formed by parental authority , before the disposition has declared itself , the constitution ...
... adopted , it would be correct to say " has arrest " - " can risen . " " This union shared the fate of nearly all in every rank which are formed by parental authority , before the disposition has declared itself , the constitution ...
Strana 38
... word " owing " is redundant . To make sense of it , the sentence should conclude with " was adopted , " instead of " is to be ascribed . " " It has been already mentioned how Sir Home Popham 38 MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE .
... word " owing " is redundant . To make sense of it , the sentence should conclude with " was adopted , " instead of " is to be ascribed . " " It has been already mentioned how Sir Home Popham 38 MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE .
Strana 69
... adopted into the language , and are to be found in our dictionaries . 2. Theatrical and musical terms , which we have chiefly received from the Italians and French , and which are to be met with in the newspaper reports of our public ...
... adopted into the language , and are to be found in our dictionaries . 2. Theatrical and musical terms , which we have chiefly received from the Italians and French , and which are to be met with in the newspaper reports of our public ...
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Strana 227 - Hark ! they whisper ; angels say, " Sister spirit, come away." What is this absorbs me quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death?
Strana 221 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurled: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Strana 267 - Half-hidden, like a mermaid in seaweed, Pensive awhile she dreams awake, and sees In fancy, fair St. Agnes in her bed, But dares not look behind, or all the charm is fled.
Strana 279 - There's but the twinkling of a star Between a man of peace and war, A thief and justice, fool and knave, A huffing officer and a slave, A crafty lawyer and pick-pocket, A great philosopher and a block-head, A formal preacher and a player, A learn'd physician and...
Strana 111 - So hand in hand they pass'd, the loveliest pair, That ever since in love's embraces met; Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.
Strana 279 - Still, where rosy pleasure leads, See a kindred grief pursue ; Behind the steps that misery treads, Approaching comfort view : The hues of bliss more brightly glow, Chastised by sabler tints of woe ; And blended, form with artful strife The strength and harmony of life.
Strana 274 - The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again...
Strana 284 - ... the true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.
Strana 232 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn. Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Strana 289 - Chatham's abilities; the shrewd, inflexible judgment of Mr. Grenville; nor in the mild but determined integrity of lord Rockingham. His views and situation required a creature void of all these properties ; and he was forced to go through every division, resolution, composition, and refinement of political chemistry, before he happily arrived at the caput mortuum of vitriol in your grace. Flat and insipid in your retired state; but, brought into action, you become vitriol again.