Words: Their Use and AbuseS.C. Griggs and Company, 1877 - 384 páginas |
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... derived from ancient Rome is spoken , the religion of modern Rome to this day prevails . " Men believe , " says Bacon , " that their reason is lord over their words , but it happens , too , that words exercise a recip- rocal and ...
... derived from ancient Rome is spoken , the religion of modern Rome to this day prevails . " Men believe , " says Bacon , " that their reason is lord over their words , but it happens , too , that words exercise a recip- rocal and ...
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... derived from the Latin , and load their style with expletives as tasteless as the streamers of tattered finery that flutter about the person of a dilapidated belle . The " high - polite , " in short , is their favorite style , and the ...
... derived from the Latin , and load their style with expletives as tasteless as the streamers of tattered finery that flutter about the person of a dilapidated belle . The " high - polite , " in short , is their favorite style , and the ...
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... derived from the Latin ; and this is particularly true of many beau- tiful words we have lost . How much more expressive to us is " sea - robber " than " pirate " ; " sand - waste " than ' desert " ; " eye - bite " than " fascinate mill ...
... derived from the Latin ; and this is particularly true of many beau- tiful words we have lost . How much more expressive to us is " sea - robber " than " pirate " ; " sand - waste " than ' desert " ; " eye - bite " than " fascinate mill ...
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... derived from the Saxon , generally . Listen , sir : ' My heart is smitten , and withered like grass . ' There is plaintive music . Listen again , sir : ' Under the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice . ' There is cheerful music . " " Yes ...
... derived from the Saxon , generally . Listen , sir : ' My heart is smitten , and withered like grass . ' There is plaintive music . Listen again , sir : ' Under the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice . ' There is cheerful music . " " Yes ...
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... derived solely from sensible images , it has been assumed that the mind has no ideas except those derived through the senses , and that therefore thought is only sensation . But neither idealism nor materialism can derive any support ...
... derived solely from sensible images , it has been assumed that the mind has no ideas except those derived through the senses , and that therefore thought is only sensation . But neither idealism nor materialism can derive any support ...
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adjective ages Anglo-Saxon Archbishop Whately beauty called century character charm Cicero common corruption Demosthenes derived diction dictionary distinction eloquence employed England English language etymologists etymology expression fact familiar feeling French genius German give Greek guage heart human hundred ideas intellectual Italian J. H. Newman Latin learned less letter literature living London Lord Max Müller meaning meant Milton mind modern monosyllables moral nations nature never nickname once orator origin passage persons phrases poet poetry remarkable reply rhetoric rience Roman Roundhead Rufus Choate SAMUEL BAILEY Saxon says secret sense sentence Shakspeare signify solecisms sophism soul sound speak speakers speech spirit style Sydney Smith syllables talk tell term things thought Thucydides tion tongue translated true truth utterance verb verbal verse vocabulary vulgar W. D. WHITNEY whole words writer