...yesterday ; And but so mimic ancient wits at best, As apes our grandsires, in their doublets dress'd. In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold ; Alike...fantastic, if too new, or old. Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. But most by numbers judge a poet's song, And...

...yesterday ; 130 And but so mimic ancient wits at best, As apes our grandsires in their doublets dressed. In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold ; Alike fantastic, if too new or old: JBe not the first by whom the new are tried, 135 Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. But most by...

...added, however, that we seldom venture to follow our own recommendation in this respect : In word*, ns fashions, the same rule will hold, Alike fantastic if too new or old . Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. — Рорв. t Except in Greek and foreign words,...

...yesterday ; sso And but so mimic ancient wits at best, As apes our grandsires, in their doublets dress'd. In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold ; Alike...if too new, or old : Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. 1 ' Unlucky as Fungoso : ' see Ben Johnson's...

...yesterday ; 330 And but so mimic ancient wits at best, As apes our grandsires, in their doublets dress'd. In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold ; Alike...if too new, or old : Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. 1 ' Unlucky 83 Fungoso : ' see Ben Johnson's...

...conversation, therefore, be natural, and as to the fashion of your dress, take the good old rule— " ' Be not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.' In short, be Sam Slick." " Don't be afeerd, Minister," said Mr. Slick, " I have too much...

...respect both to obsolete and to new-coined words, Pope's advice seems the best that we can follow : — " In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold ; Alike...fantastic, if too new or old. Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside." GRAMMATICAL ERRORS. 4. Grammatical errors are...

...For Pope's conclusion is the only reasonable one, and particularly applicable to pronunciation : — In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike...fantastic if too new or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried. Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. The time element, however, does not enter into...

...breezes blow roses on their cheeks, and its mild moisture gives roundness to their beauty. ANGLICISMS. In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold, Alike fantastic if too new or old. ESSAY ox CRITICISM. A GREAT deal has been said, and still continues to be said, by British travelers...

...manners, or modes of speech, the prudent maxim of the poet would be the safe and sufficient rale: fie not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. But to apply this rule of good taste to religions convictions would be to compromise the...