The Elements of English Composition, etc1841 - 12 strani |
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Stran viii
... passages were ren- dered ungrammatical , and some nearly unintelligible . All these blemishes I have been anxious to remove ; and I have bestowed a very considerable portion of labour in the attempt to improve the general texture of the ...
... passages were ren- dered ungrammatical , and some nearly unintelligible . All these blemishes I have been anxious to remove ; and I have bestowed a very considerable portion of labour in the attempt to improve the general texture of the ...
Stran xii
... Passage in the Writings of Addison 247 CHAP . XXVII . Critical . Examination of a Passage in the Writings of Swift 259 CHAP . XXVIII . Critical Examination of a Passage in the Writings of Harris CHAP . XXIX . 267 Critical Examination of a ...
... Passage in the Writings of Addison 247 CHAP . XXVII . Critical . Examination of a Passage in the Writings of Swift 259 CHAP . XXVIII . Critical Examination of a Passage in the Writings of Harris CHAP . XXIX . 267 Critical Examination of a ...
Stran 12
... think ye that I am ? -Acts of the Apostles . In both these passages it ought to be who ; which is not governed by the verb say or think , but by the verb am . These feasts were celebrated to the honour of Osiris , 12 PURITY OF STYLE .
... think ye that I am ? -Acts of the Apostles . In both these passages it ought to be who ; which is not governed by the verb say or think , but by the verb am . These feasts were celebrated to the honour of Osiris , 12 PURITY OF STYLE .
Stran 13
... passage ought to have stood thus : " These feasts were celebrated to the honour of Osiris , whom the Grecians called Dionysius , and who is the same with Bacchus . " Who should I meet at the coffee - house t'other night , but my old ...
... passage ought to have stood thus : " These feasts were celebrated to the honour of Osiris , whom the Grecians called Dionysius , and who is the same with Bacchus . " Who should I meet at the coffee - house t'other night , but my old ...
Stran 14
... passage occurs in Smith's translation of Daillé's Treatise concerning the right Use of the Fathers , p . 96. " Which hath given occasion to some of the more modern authors , who have written since Gennadius his time , to think that this ...
... passage occurs in Smith's translation of Daillé's Treatise concerning the right Use of the Fathers , p . 96. " Which hath given occasion to some of the more modern authors , who have written since Gennadius his time , to think that this ...
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