The Dean's English: A Criticism on the Dean of Canterbury's Essays on the Queen's EnglishHatchard and Company, 1865 - 180 pages |
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Page xxvi
... composition , are calculated to render consider- able service to loose thinkers , speakers , and writers ; and certainly both are very enter- taining . Mr. Moon's volume points out some serious errors of style ; it diminishes the pre ...
... composition , are calculated to render consider- able service to loose thinkers , speakers , and writers ; and certainly both are very enter- taining . Mr. Moon's volume points out some serious errors of style ; it diminishes the pre ...
Page xxviii
... if not inaccuracies , of composition . THE SOCIAL SCIENCE REVIEW . IN calmly reviewing the whole matter , we can- not but feel that Mr. Moon has come off the victor ; and if there are some few remarks of xxviii EXTRACTS FROM REVIEWS .
... if not inaccuracies , of composition . THE SOCIAL SCIENCE REVIEW . IN calmly reviewing the whole matter , we can- not but feel that Mr. Moon has come off the victor ; and if there are some few remarks of xxviii EXTRACTS FROM REVIEWS .
Page xxxiii
... composition as if it were the one exceptional art which required no rules but the " rule of thumb . " To such , the lamentable fiasco of the Dean , owing to his disregard of rules , should be a lesson , but , too probably , will not ...
... composition as if it were the one exceptional art which required no rules but the " rule of thumb . " To such , the lamentable fiasco of the Dean , owing to his disregard of rules , should be a lesson , but , too probably , will not ...
Page xxxiv
... composition , than as to the lessons they teach concerning it . " It is precisely be- cause Mr. Moon teaches so well by example , that we would fain have him make this example the vehicle for the inculcation of precepts , and the ...
... composition , than as to the lessons they teach concerning it . " It is precisely be- cause Mr. Moon teaches so well by example , that we would fain have him make this example the vehicle for the inculcation of precepts , and the ...
Page xxxv
... composition , and some other things well worth knowing . THE CHURCHMAN . MR . MOON has performed a public service by his exposure of the errors into which men of even the position of Dean Alford fall when they attempt EXTRACTS FROM ...
... composition , and some other things well worth knowing . THE CHURCHMAN . MR . MOON has performed a public service by his exposure of the errors into which men of even the position of Dean Alford fall when they attempt EXTRACTS FROM ...
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