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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... quoted in justification of the style of other writers who shall presume to damage by example , if not by precept , the highway of thought over which all desire to travel . of example . By influential example it is that lan- The power ...
... quoted in justification of the style of other writers who shall presume to damage by example , if not by precept , the highway of thought over which all desire to travel . of example . By influential example it is that lan- The power ...
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... Thou " and I have quoted these passages because they have direct reference to the subject under consideration ; for I do not find fault with the critical remarks in your 6 " essay . Many of them , it is 6 THE DEAN'S ENGLISH .
... Thou " and I have quoted these passages because they have direct reference to the subject under consideration ; for I do not find fault with the critical remarks in your 6 " essay . Many of them , it is 6 THE DEAN'S ENGLISH .
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... quoted as sentences . the basis of some remarks I had to make , the well known rule that " those parts of " " " " ( ( a sentence which are most closely con- nected in their meaning , should be as closely as possible connected in ...
... quoted as sentences . the basis of some remarks I had to make , the well known rule that " those parts of " " " " ( ( a sentence which are most closely con- nected in their meaning , should be as closely as possible connected in ...
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... sanction , for I have quoted from the " Third Edition . " How is this ? You say that the spelling in question should be confined to the cards of " the great 66 vulgar " ; and you yourself adopt that very 48 THE DEAN'S ENGLISH .
... sanction , for I have quoted from the " Third Edition . " How is this ? You say that the spelling in question should be confined to the cards of " the great 66 vulgar " ; and you yourself adopt that very 48 THE DEAN'S ENGLISH .
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... quoted sentences of the other learned Doctors , what shall we say of it in your own ? In their expres- sions there is sense ; so , too , is there in Neglect of the study of English . your expression ; E 2 THE DEAN'S ENGLISH . 51 A ...
... quoted sentences of the other learned Doctors , what shall we say of it in your own ? In their expres- sions there is sense ; so , too , is there in Neglect of the study of English . your expression ; E 2 THE DEAN'S ENGLISH . 51 A ...
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