Selected English EssaysWilliam Peacock Oxford University Press, 1935 - 543 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 54
... tion to amend errors which are become so universal . The affectation of politeness is exposed in this epistle with a great deal of wit and discernment ; so that what- ever discourses I may fall into hereafter upon the sub- jects the ...
... tion to amend errors which are become so universal . The affectation of politeness is exposed in this epistle with a great deal of wit and discernment ; so that what- ever discourses I may fall into hereafter upon the sub- jects the ...
الصفحة 277
... tion . I have been ( I know ) loudly accused of revelling in vulgarisms and broken English . I cannot speak to that point ; but so far I plead guilty to the determined use of acknowledged idioms and common elliptical expressions . I am ...
... tion . I have been ( I know ) loudly accused of revelling in vulgarisms and broken English . I cannot speak to that point ; but so far I plead guilty to the determined use of acknowledged idioms and common elliptical expressions . I am ...
الصفحة 340
... tion of having dabbled a little in our art ; some said not without merit . What startled me , however , was , that he supposed this art to be part of his regular duties in my service . Now that was a thing I would not allow ; so I said ...
... tion of having dabbled a little in our art ; some said not without merit . What startled me , however , was , that he supposed this art to be part of his regular duties in my service . Now that was a thing I would not allow ; so I said ...
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