 | Lindley Murray - 1805 - 350 Seiten
...a phraseology which all correct writers shun; and with reason. For as the mind cannot help resting a little, on the import of the word which closes the sentence, it must be disagreeable to be left pausing on a word, which does not, by itself, produce any idea.... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1807 - 406 Seiten
...is a crime which wise men are often guilty of. This is a phraseology which all correct writers shun, and with reason. For besides the want of dignity which...for a little, on the import of the word which closes thesentence : and, as those prepositions have no import of their own, but only serve to point out the... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1809 - 330 Seiten
...phraseology .which all correct writers shun ; and with reason. For as the mind cannot help resting a little, on the import of the word which closes the sentence, it must be disagreeable to be left pausing on a word, which does not, by itself, produce any idea.... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1817 - 516 Seiten
...a crime which wise men are often guilty of.' Tlu's is a phraseology which all correct writers shun, and with reason. For besides the want of dignity which...from those monosyllables at the end, the imagination canDot avoid resting, for a little, on the import of the word which closes the sentence : and as those... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1823 - 564 Seiten
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 | Manasseh Robbins - 1826 - 78 Seiten
..." Avarice is a crime which wise men are often guilty of." with reason. For the mind naturally rests a little on the import of the word which closes the sentence : and it must be disagreeable to be left pausing on a word which does not r by itself, produce any idea.... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1834 - 366 Seiten
...a phraseology which all correct writers shun ; and with reason. For as the mind cannot help resting a little, on the import of the word which closes the sentence, it must be disagreeable to be left pausing on a word, which does not, by itself, produce any idea.... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1838 - 338 Seiten
...men are often guilty of." This last is a phraseology that, with reason, all correct writers shun : for, besides the want of dignity which arises from...avoid resting, for a little, on the import of the word that closes the sentence: and as prepositions have no import of their own, hut only serve to point... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1840 - 314 Seiten
...men are often guilty of." This last is a phraseology that, with reason, all correct writers shun : for, besides the want of dignity which arises from...avoid resting, for a little, on the import of the word that closes the sentence: and as prepositions have no import of their own, but only serve to point... | |
 | Richard Green Parker, Charles Fox - 1841 - 290 Seiten
...a phraseology which all correct writers shun, and with reason. For as the mind cannot help resting- a little, on the import of the word which closes the sentence, it must be disagreeable to be left pausing on a word, which produces by itself no idea. See Part 2,... | |
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Avarice is a crime of which wise men are often guilty," than to say, " Avarice is a crime which wise men are often guilty of." This is a phraseology which all correct writers shun ; and with reason. For... 
