 ... but the fact is, that it is now our second person singular. When applied to an individual, it never excites any idea either of plurality or of adulation : but excites, precisely and exactly, the idea, that was excited by the use of thou, in an earlier...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Pagina 941807Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1844 - 622 pagina’s
...matter of theory that it was first applied to individuals on a principle of flattery ; but \hz»fact is, that it is now our second person singular. When...the use of any modern term which has superseded an obsolete one ; nor any more virtue in reviving the use of " thou," than there would be in reviving... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 756 pagina’s
...and it may be a matter of theory that it was first applied to individuals on a principle of flattery; but the fact is, that it is now our second person...the use of any modern term which has superseded an obsolete one ; nor any more virtue in reviving the use of " thou," than there would be in reviving... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 754 pagina’s
...and it may be a matter of theory that it was first applied to individuals on a principle of flattery; but the fact is, that it is now our second person...the use of any modern term which has superseded an obsolete one ; nor any more virtue in reviving the use of " thou," than there would be in reviving... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 758 pagina’s
...it may be a matter of theory that it was first applied to individuals on a principle of flattery ; but the fact is, that it is now our second person...and exactly the idea that was excited by the use of " theu " in an earlier stage of the language. There is no more impropriety in the use of it, therefore,... | |
 | William Harvey Wells - 1847 - 228 pagina’s
...matter of t/ieory, that it •was first applied to individuals on a principle of flattery ; but the/arf is, that it is now our second person singular. When...use of thou, in an earlier stage of the language." — Jeffrey, in the Edinburgh Review. " If a word, once exclusively plural, becomes, by universal use,... | |
 | William Harvey Wells - 1848 - 258 pagina’s
...it may be a matter of theory, that it was first applied to individuals on a principle of flattery ; but the fact is, that it is now our second person...use of thou, in an earlier stage of the language." — Jeffrey, in. the Edinburgh Review. " If a word, once exclusively plural, becomes, by universal... | |
 | William Harvey Wells - 1848 - 252 pagina’s
...it may be a matter of theory, that it was first applied to individuals on a principle of flattery ; but the fact is, that it is now our second person...and exactly, the idea that was excited by the use of than, in an earlier stage of the language." — Jeffrey, in the Edinburgh Review. " If a word, once... | |
 | William Harvey Wells - 1850 - 228 pagina’s
...it may be a matter of theory, that it was first applied to individuals on a principle of flattery ; but the fact is, that it is now our second person...exactly, the idea that was excited by the use of thou, hi an ..earlier stage of the language." — Jeffrey, in the Edinburgh Review. " If a word, once exclusively... | |
 | 1855 - 178 pagina’s
...it may be a matter of theory, that it was first applied to individuals on a principle of flattery : but the fact is, that it is now our second person...use of thou, in an earlier stage of the language." — Jeffrey, in the Edinburgh Review. " If a word, once exclusively plural, becomes, by universal use,... | |
 | Live - 1855 - 168 pagina’s
...it may be a matter of theory, that it was first applied to individuals on a principle of flattery: but the fact is, that it is now our second person...excited by the use of thou, in an earlier stage of the language."—Jeffrey, in the Edinburgh Review. " If a word, once exclusively plural, becomes, by universal... | |
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