 The vocabulary is the vocabulary of the common people. There is not an expression, if we except a few technical terms of theology, which would puzzle the rudest peasant. We have observed several pages which do not contain a single word of more than two...  The two destinies - Pagina 6door William Wilkie Collins - 1876Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1831 - 652 pagina’s
...peasant. We have observed several pages which do not contain a single word of more than two syllables. Yet no writer has said more exactly what he meant...sufficient. There is no book in our literature on which we would so readily stake the fame of the old unpolluted English language — no book which shows so well... | |
 | 1832 - 534 pagina’s
...peasant. We have observed several pages which do not contain a single word of more than two syllables. Yet no writer has said more exactly what he meant...homely dialect— the dialect of plain working men — is perfectly sufficient. There is no book in our literature on which we would so readily stake... | |
 | 1832 - 606 pagina’s
...especially such better times ; and we are not afraid to say, j as were shut up [in their houses.*] The meant to say. For magnificence, for pathos, for vehement...sufficient. There is no book in our literature on which we would so readily stake the fame of the old unpolluted English language — no book which shews so well... | |
 | Charles Hodge, Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater - 1840 - 644 pagina’s
...peasant. We have observed several pages which do not contain a single word of more than two syllables. Yet no writer has said more exactly what he meant...sufficient. There is no book in our literature on which we would so readily stake the fame of the old unpolluted English language; no book which shows so well... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 466 pagina’s
...peasant. We have observed several pages which do not contain a single word of more than two syllables. Yet no writer has said more exactly what he meant...sufficient. There is no book in our literature on which we would so readily stake the fame of the old unpolluted English language ; no book which shows so well... | |
 | 1850 - 602 pagina’s
...peasant. We have observed several pages which do not contain a single word of more than two syllables. Yet no writer has said more exactly what he* meant...sufficient. There is no book in our literature on which we would so readily stake the fame of the old unpolluted English language, no book which shows so well... | |
 | 1879 - 826 pagina’s
...delightful to every reader, and invaluable as a study to every person who wishes to obtain a wide command of the English language. The vocabulary is the vocabulary...sufficient. There is no book in our literature on which we would so readily stake the fame of the old uupolluted English language, no book which shows so well... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 pagina’s
...to •ay. For magnificence, for pathos, for vehement exhortation, for subtle disquisition, for erery ecause they are specimens of Walpole's manner. Everybody who reads his works with at plai» workingmen, was perfectly sufficient Thert is no book in our literature on which we could so... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 614 pagina’s
...peasant. We have observed several pages which do not contain a single word of more than two syllables. Yet no writer has said more exactly what he meant...for subtle disquisition, for every purpose of th'e fact, the orator, and the divine, this homely dialect, the dialect of plain working men, was perfectly... | |
 | 1849 - 788 pagina’s
...people. We nave observed several pages which do not contain a single word of more than two syllables. Yet no writer has said more exactly what he meant...sufficient. There is no book in our literature on which we would so readily stake the fame of the old unpolluted English language ; no book which shows so well... | |
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