 | Jonathan Swift - English literature - 1751 - 346 pages
...Elifions, by which Confonants " of moft obdurate Sounds are joined together with" out one foftening Vowel to intervene : And all " this only to make one Syllable of two, direftly " contrary to the Example of the Greeks and Ro" mans ; altogether of the Gothic Strain, and... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 486 pages
...difficulty, how would he be able to under" stand it ? The first thing that strikes your eye, is t' the breaks at the end of almost every sentence ; of " which I know not the use, oaly that it is a refine" ment, and very frequently practised. Then you " will observe the abbreviations... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 314 pages
...difficulty, how would he be able to understand it ? The first thing that strikes your eye, is the breaks at the end of almost every sentence ; of which I know not the use, onty that it is a refinement, and very frequently practised. Then you will observe the abbreviations... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 350 pages
...difficulty, how would he be able to understand it ? The first thing that strikes your eye, is the breaks at the end of almost every sentence; of which I know...abbreviations and elisions, by which consonants of jnost obdurate sounds are joined together without one softening vowel to intervene : and all this only... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 378 pages
...difficulty, how would he be able to understand it ? The first thing that strikes your eye, is the breaks at the end of almost every sentence; of which I know...will observe the abbreviations and elisions, by which consouauts of most obdurate sounds are joined together without one softening vowel to intervene : and... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 558 pages
...difficulty, how would he be able to understand it ? The first thing that strikes your eye, is the breaks at the end of almost every sentence ; of which I know...will observe the abbreviations and elisions, by which conso| Mr Thomas Harley is here alluded to. , I nants^of most obdurate sounds are joined together without... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 564 pages
...difficulty, how would he be able to understand it ? The first thing that strikes your eye, is the breaks at the end of almost every sentence ; of which I know...will observe the abbreviations and elisions, by which conso•(• Mr Thomas Harley is bere alluded to. nants of most obdurate sounds are joined together... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1824 - 518 pages
...difficulty, how would he be able to understand it ? The first thing that strikes your eye, is the breaks at the end of almost every sentence ; of which I know...and elisions, by which consonants of most obdurate sounds are joined together, without one softening vowel to intervene : and all this only to make one... | |
 | 1831 - 704 pages
...ditlicnlty, how would he be able to understand it 1 The first thing that strikes your eye, is tho breaks st thou afflict ineî The li-:lits burn blue ! in...of imagination indisposed me i'rom further reading, eyll.ilile of two, directly contrary to the example of tho Greeks and Romans, altogether of the Gothic... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1850 - 900 pages
...difficulty, bow would he be able to understand it « The first thing that strikes your eye, is the breaks at the end of almost every sentence ; of which I know...and elisions, by which consonants of most obdurate sounds are joined together, without one softening vowel to intervene ; and all this only to make one... | |
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... through that difficulty, how would he be able to understand it? The first thing that strikes your eye, is the breaks at the end of almost every sentence; of which I know not the use, only that it is a refinement, and very frequently practised. Then... 
