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... Its Prevalence 179 ib . 180 Impartiality of Criticism as regards our Elder Writers ... 181 Its unfairness in reference to living Authors ib . Examples of Dickens and Sir B. Lytton Sun Newspaper Athenæum CONTENTS . xiii.
... Its Prevalence 179 ib . 180 Impartiality of Criticism as regards our Elder Writers ... 181 Its unfairness in reference to living Authors ib . Examples of Dickens and Sir B. Lytton Sun Newspaper Athenæum CONTENTS . xiii.
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... regard to grammar or pro- priety . Hence the correctness so remarkable in the style of French writers . Hence the looseness so conspicuous in our own . If a French writer of distinction were to violate any important rule of grammar ...
... regard to grammar or pro- priety . Hence the correctness so remarkable in the style of French writers . Hence the looseness so conspicuous in our own . If a French writer of distinction were to violate any important rule of grammar ...
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... regard to the latter , but not so as far as the former is concerned . The writer should have said : - " The majority of them established another doctrine as false in itself as that on which the Middlesex election was determined , and ...
... regard to the latter , but not so as far as the former is concerned . The writer should have said : - " The majority of them established another doctrine as false in itself as that on which the Middlesex election was determined , and ...
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... regard to these con- junctions , is the use of " or " instead of " nor . " Of this I shall quote some examples : - " I demand neither place , pension , exclusive privilege , or any other reward whatever . " - FRANKLIN . Essays . " He ...
... regard to these con- junctions , is the use of " or " instead of " nor . " Of this I shall quote some examples : - " I demand neither place , pension , exclusive privilege , or any other reward whatever . " - FRANKLIN . Essays . " He ...
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... regards the expression " this morn- ing , " it admits of either tense , according to the time at which it is employed . If in the forenoon , we say , " I have written to him this morning ; " if in the afternoon , we must treat it as a ...
... regards the expression " this morn- ing , " it admits of either tense , according to the time at which it is employed . If in the forenoon , we say , " I have written to him this morning ; " if in the afternoon , we must treat it as a ...
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