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 xxii
... mistakes 29 , 130 Odious and odorous 31 Be courteous 39 " We do not write for idiots ' " A most abnormal elongation of the auricular appendages Call a spade , a spade Falling up into a depth . 41 42 , 84 42 42 PAGE " No case , abuse the ...
... mistakes 29 , 130 Odious and odorous 31 Be courteous 39 " We do not write for idiots ' " A most abnormal elongation of the auricular appendages Call a spade , a spade Falling up into a depth . 41 42 , 84 42 42 PAGE " No case , abuse the ...
Page xxxvi
... mistakes and inelegancies per- petrated in English composition for one tithe of which in the classical languages the offenders would meet with severe castigation , and for which , indeed , they themselves would blush with shame . The ...
... mistakes and inelegancies per- petrated in English composition for one tithe of which in the classical languages the offenders would meet with severe castigation , and for which , indeed , they themselves would blush with shame . The ...
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... mistakes ” . Certainly not a very happy arrangement of words in which to remark upon the " absurd mistakes " of other people ; for we ought to be as careful what our sentences suggest , as what they affirm ; and we are so accustomed to ...
... mistakes ” . Certainly not a very happy arrangement of words in which to remark upon the " absurd mistakes " of other people ; for we ought to be as careful what our sentences suggest , as what they affirm ; and we are so accustomed to ...
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... mistakes . Further on , I find you speaking of The source " that fertile source of mistakes among " our clergy , the mispronunciation of " Scripture proper names " . It is not the " mispronunciation of Scripture pro- " per names " which ...
... mistakes . Further on , I find you speaking of The source " that fertile source of mistakes among " our clergy , the mispronunciation of " Scripture proper names " . It is not the " mispronunciation of Scripture pro- " per names " which ...
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... mistakes among our clergy , their ignorance of Scripture proper names , the mispronun- ciation of which is quite inexcusable . " ( ( ( 6 Speaking on this subject , I may re- mark that , as you so strongly advocate our following the ...
... mistakes among our clergy , their ignorance of Scripture proper names , the mispronun- ciation of which is quite inexcusable . " ( ( ( 6 Speaking on this subject , I may re- mark that , as you so strongly advocate our following the ...
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