The Biglow Papers, Band 2Ticknor and Fields, 1867 - 175 Seiten |
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... speak his mind in print , and , on the other , I feared the risk of seeming to vulgarize a deep and sacred convic- tion . I needed on occasion to rise above the level of mere patois , and for this purpose conceived the Reverend Mr ...
... speak his mind in print , and , on the other , I feared the risk of seeming to vulgarize a deep and sacred convic- tion . I needed on occasion to rise above the level of mere patois , and for this purpose conceived the Reverend Mr ...
Seite x
... speaking was a studied want of simplicity , that we were in danger of coming to look on our mother - tongue as a dead language , to be sought in the grammar and dictionary rather than in the heart , and that our only chance of escape ...
... speaking was a studied want of simplicity , that we were in danger of coming to look on our mother - tongue as a dead language , to be sought in the grammar and dictionary rather than in the heart , and that our only chance of escape ...
Seite xv
... speak of a " steep price , " or say that they " freeze to a thing . The first postulate of an original literature is that a people should use their language instinctively and uncon- sciously , as if it were a lively part of their growth ...
... speak of a " steep price , " or say that they " freeze to a thing . The first postulate of an original literature is that a people should use their language instinctively and uncon- sciously , as if it were a lively part of their growth ...
Seite xvii
... speaking now of Americanisms properly so called , that is , of words or phrases which have grown into use here either through necessity , invention , or accident , such as a carry , a one - horse affair , a prairie , to vamose . Even ...
... speaking now of Americanisms properly so called , that is , of words or phrases which have grown into use here either through necessity , invention , or accident , such as a carry , a one - horse affair , a prairie , to vamose . Even ...
Seite xxxvi
... Speaking of the Abbé Dubois , he says , Qui étoit en plein ce qu'un mauvais françois appelle un sacre , mais qui ne se peut guère exprimer autrement . " " Not worth a cuss , " though sup- ported by “ not worth a damn , " may be a mere ...
... Speaking of the Abbé Dubois , he says , Qui étoit en plein ce qu'un mauvais françois appelle un sacre , mais qui ne se peut guère exprimer autrement . " " Not worth a cuss , " though sup- ported by “ not worth a damn , " may be a mere ...
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