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 vii
... remark . In ' Good Words ' the Dean said to his readers , " The less you turn your words ( ( right or left to observe Mr. Moon's rules , " the better " . It will provoke a smile on the face of the reader of these pages to be told , that ...
... remark . In ' Good Words ' the Dean said to his readers , " The less you turn your words ( ( right or left to observe Mr. Moon's rules , " the better " . It will provoke a smile on the face of the reader of these pages to be told , that ...
Page xv
... remarks on the said epithets as intended for some hy- pothetical Dean . Since those remarks were published I have had the honour of becoming person- ally acquainted with my opponent ; and b those who enjoy the privilege of his society ...
... remarks on the said epithets as intended for some hy- pothetical Dean . Since those remarks were published I have had the honour of becoming person- ally acquainted with my opponent ; and b those who enjoy the privilege of his society ...
Page xxviii
... 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 .
... 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 xxix
... remarks of a strictly personal character , that we would rather have seen omitted from this second edi- tion of his work , we must admit that it is a smart piece of verbal prose criticism , and is of more than passing interest . Mr ...
... remarks of a strictly personal character , that we would rather have seen omitted from this second edi- tion of his work , we must admit that it is a smart piece of verbal prose criticism , and is of more than passing interest . Mr ...
Page xliv
... remarks to be so sharply challenged as they have been . And he finds himself engaged in a kind of controversy for which neither his natural turn of mind , nor his particular training has fitted him . His own style is at times so poor ...
... remarks to be so sharply challenged as they have been . And he finds himself engaged in a kind of controversy for which neither his natural turn of mind , nor his particular training has fitted him . His own style is at times so poor ...
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