...amongst us, the knowledge of men and manners, the freedom of habitudes and conversation with the best of company of both sexes; and, in short, without wearing...contracted while he was laying in a stock of learning. Thus difficult it is to understand the purity of English, and critically to discern not only good writers...

...those few good anthors we have amongst us ; the knowledge of men and manners, the freedom of habitndes and conversation with the best company of both sexes...contracted while he was laying in a stock of learning. Thus difficult it is to understand the purity of English, and critically to discern, not only good...

...good wit to understand and practise them without the help of a liberal education and long reading ; stancy DRYDEN. From the time of Boccace and of Petrarch the Italian has varied very little. The English of...

...amongst us, the knowledge of men and manners, the freedom of habitudes and conversation with the best of company of both sexes ; and, in short, without wearing...contracted while he was laying in a stock of learning. Thus difficult it is to understand the purity of English, and critically to discern_ not only good...

...body. There are many, who understand Greek and Latin, and yet are ignorant of their mother-tongue. The proprieties and delicacies of the English are...contracted while he was laying in a stock of learning. Thus difficult it is to understand the purity of English, and critically to discern not only good writers...

...delicacies of the English are known to few ; it is impossible even for a good wit to understand and practice them without the help of a liberal education, long...laying in a stock of learning." In the passage I have italicised, it will be seen that Dryden lays some stress upon the influence of women in refining language....

...there are many who understand Greek and Latin, and yet are ignorant of their mother - tongue. The O o proprieties and delicacies of the English are known...contracted while he was laying in a stock of learning." There are preachers, I fear, whose sermons have no very close connection with their lives or their...

...amongst us, the knowledge of men and manners, the freedom of habitudes and conversation with the best of company of both sexes ; and, in short, without wearing...contracted while he was laying in a stock of learning. Thus difficult it is to understand the purity of English, and critically to discern not only good writers...

...prose. So few has long been denizened ; no wonder, since it is nothing more than n! peu Anglicized. later : " The proprieties and delicacies of the English...Academy, says : " Now, though I would by no means give the ladies the trouble of advising us in the reformation of our language, yet I cannot help thinking...

...prose. So few has long been denizened ; no wonder, since it is nothing more lluin sipeu Anglicized. later : " The proprieties and delicacies of the English...Academy, says : " Now, though I would by no means give the ladies the trouble of advising us in the reformation of our language, yet I cannot help thinking...