 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - 1854 - 746 Seiten
...are arranged. The inquirer can readily select, out of the ample collection spread before his eyes, those expressions which are best suited to his purpose,...need engage in any critical or elaborate study of the subtle distinctions existing between synonymous terms ; for if the materials set before him be sufficiently... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1854 - 708 Seiten
...readily select, out of tb.c ample collection spread before his eyes, those expressions which are V»est suited to his purpose, and which might not have occurred...need engage in any critical or elaborate study of the subtle distinctions existing between synonymous terms ; for if the materials set before him be sufficiently... | |
 | Peter Mark Roget - 1858 - 564 Seiten
...which hit not the mark we aim at ; and the result of our prolonged exertion is a style at once laboured and obscure, vapid and redundant, or vitiated by the...need engage in any critical or elaborate study of the subtle distinctions existing between synonymous terms ; for if the materials set before him be sufficiently... | |
 | Peter Mark Roget - 1859 - 586 Seiten
...struggling with the difficulties of composition, that this Work professes to hold out a helping hind. The assistance it gives is that of furnishing on every...need engage in any critical or elaborate study of the subtle distinctions existing between synonymous terms ; for if the materials set before him be sufficiently... | |
 | 1875 - 526 Seiten
...collection spread out before his eyes in the following pages, those expressions which are best suited to nis purpose, and which might not have occurred to him without such assistance.' The Author pointed out the special value of such a collection, when placed in the hands of translators... | |
 | Peter Mark Roget - 1879 - 776 Seiten
...which hit not the mark we aim at ; and the result of our prolonged exertion is a style at once laboured and obscure, vapid and redundant, or vitiated by the...such assistance. In order to make this selection, lie scarcely ever need engage in any critical or elaborate study of the subtle distinctions existing... | |
 | 1879 - 798 Seiten
...words and phrases are arranged. The inquirer can readily select, out of the ample collection spread before his eyes in the following pages, those expressions...need engage in any critical or elaborate study of the subtle distinctions existing between synonymous terms ; for if the materials set before him be sufficiently... | |
 | Longmans, Green and co - 1880 - 382 Seiten
...collection spread out before his eyes in the following pages, those expressions which are best suited to nis purpose, and which might not have occurred to him without such assistance.' The Author pointed out the special value of such a collection, when placed in the hands nf translators... | |
 | Peter Mark Roget - 1881 - 758 Seiten
...general idea under which those words and phrases are arranged. The inquirer can readily select, from the ample collection spread out before his eyes in...need engage in any critical or elaborate study of tho subtle distinctions existing between synonymous terms ; for if the materials set before him be... | |
 | Peter Mark Roget - 1882 - 754 Seiten
...general idea under which those words and phrases are arranged. The inquirer can readily select, from the ample collection spread out before his eyes in...need engage in any critical or elaborate study of the subtle distinctions existing between synonymous terms ; for if the materials set before him be sufficiently... | |
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It is to those who are thus painfully groping their way and struggling with the difficulties of composition, that this Work professes to hold out a helping hand. The assistance it gives is that of furnishing on every topic a copious store of words and... 
