The Dean's English: A Criticism on the Dean of Canterbury's Essays on the Queen's EnglishA. Strahan & Company, 1865 - 180 pages |
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... falling from their ignorance . Editors fall- I submit it to the reviewers whether ing from their ignor- your sentence be not altogether faulty . rance . The words , " from their ignorance " should not come after " fall " , they should ...
... falling from their ignorance . Editors fall- I submit it to the reviewers whether ing from their ignor- your sentence be not altogether faulty . rance . The words , " from their ignorance " should not come after " fall " , they should ...
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... fall from the sublime height " of ignorance down into the depth of a " mistake . " I spoke of editors falling into mistakes : it remained for the Dean of Canterbury to add , that they fell down into the depth of a mistake . You say you ...
... fall from the sublime height " of ignorance down into the depth of a " mistake . " I spoke of editors falling into mistakes : it remained for the Dean of Canterbury to add , that they fell down into the depth of a mistake . You say you ...
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... fall of that city and its " low and obscure condition followed on " the general vitiation of its usage in the " matter of speech ; for , let the words of a ( 6 country be in part unhandsome and of- " fensive in themselves , in part ...
... fall of that city and its " low and obscure condition followed on " the general vitiation of its usage in the " matter of speech ; for , let the words of a ( 6 country be in part unhandsome and of- " fensive in themselves , in part ...
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