 | 1866 - 314 Seiten
...what shall we little folks do ? It may, perhaps, be better for us to follow the advice of the poet: " In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold ; Alike...whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside." As we have now seen that prepositions are expressive of the relations which nouns, as the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 520 Seiten
...mimic ancient wits at best, As apes our grandsires, in their doublets drest. En words, as feshions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new,...whom the new are tried Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. These equal syllables alone require, Though, oft the ear the open vowels tire;While expletives... | |
 | 1867 - 454 Seiten
...in spelling in harmony with the general progress of the language in the past: — " In words, like fashions, the same rule will hold, Alike fantastic, if too new or old ; Be not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside." — Museum. SCHOOL BIOGRAPHY. SAFELY FOLDED.... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1867 - 626 Seiten
...yesterday ; 330 And but so mimic ancient wits at best, As apes our grandsires, in their doublets dress'd. In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold ; Alike fantastic, if too new or old : * Ben Jonson's 'Every Man out of hia Humour.' Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 Seiten
...rarely found. Part ii. Line 109. Such laboured nothings, in so strange a style. Part ii. Line 126. In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold, Alike...whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. Part ii. Line 133. These equal syllables alone require, Though oft the ear the open vowels... | |
 | Michael A. Bernstein - 1987 - 292 Seiten
...a value greater than that in the depression years. 4. Technical change during the interwar years Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. - Alexander Pope For "Schumpeterian pessimists" such as Hansen, Kalecki, and Weintraub,... | |
 | William Safire, Leonard Safir - 1990 - 436 Seiten
...moral suasion you can. — Dr. Thomas Gamble (See Children, Mothers Advice, Parenthood) Fashion Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. — Alexander Pope Take great care always to be dressed like the reasonable people of your... | |
 | Bernard Marie Dupriez - 1991 - 572 Seiten
...authors used and abused antithesis: it made the construction of periods easier (see period*, R2). Ex: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. A. Pope, 'An Essay on Criticism,' 2.335-6 Albalat, who gives it two chapters in La Formation... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 Seiten
...like leaves; and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found. (Fr. II) 39 Be w on the broad-backed wave! Here is a fitting spot to dig Love's gra old aside. (Fr. II) 40 These equal syllables alone require. Though oft the ear the open vowels tire;... | |
 | Kenneth George Wilson - 1993 - 508 Seiten
...famous comparison of fashions in dress and other manners with fashions in language: Introduction xi In words as fashions the same rule will hold, Alike...whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. An Essay on Criticism, II. 133-136. The Columbia Guide This guide to Standard American usage... | |
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In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. 
