English miscellany: a symposium of history, literature and the arts, Volume 5British Council, 1954 - Art |
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The substance of all religious actions is delivered from God himself in few words.
For example's sake in the sacraments. «Unto the element let the word be added,
and they both do make a sacrament», saith St Augustine. Baptism is given by ...
The substance of all religious actions is delivered from God himself in few words.
For example's sake in the sacraments. «Unto the element let the word be added,
and they both do make a sacrament», saith St Augustine. Baptism is given by ...
Page 100
It is clear that Pope's method in this business of word explanation was as
haphazard as in his other editorial ... For a public whon he thought of mainly as
city - bred he explained words which were not obsolete but merely out - of - the -
way ...
It is clear that Pope's method in this business of word explanation was as
haphazard as in his other editorial ... For a public whon he thought of mainly as
city - bred he explained words which were not obsolete but merely out - of - the -
way ...
Page 104
Finally, among the words taken from practical life we find the master as well as
the beak and the uaste (= waist) of a ship, all more or less familiar today, as well
as to cast (= dredge) a pond; tackled stair is descriptive of what in Johnson's day
...
Finally, among the words taken from practical life we find the master as well as
the beak and the uaste (= waist) of a ship, all more or less familiar today, as well
as to cast (= dredge) a pond; tackled stair is descriptive of what in Johnson's day
...
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Contents
J Gordon Chapmans Hero and Leander | 42 |
H Lüdeke Shakespeare as preserver of English speech | 54 |
Franz Stanzel Tom Jones und Tristram Shandy | 64 |
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