 I believe you will very rarely find, in any great writer before the Revolution, the possessive case of an inanimate noun used, in prose, instead of the dependent case ; as, 'the watch's hand', for ' the hand of the watch'. The possessive, or Saxon genitive,...  Recent Exemplifications of False Philology - Page 5by Fitzedward Hall - 1872 - 124 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Literature - 1836 - 424 pages
...much more eloquent they would be ! Another rule is to avoid converting mere abstractions into persons. I believe you will very rarely find in any great writer...Saxon genitive was confined to persons, or at least to aniLECTUREXIV. 24 mated subjects. And I cannot conclude this Lecture without insisting on the importance... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Literature - 1836 - 446 pages
...much more eloquent they would be! Another rule is to avoid converting mere abstractions into persons. I believe you will very rarely find in any great writer before j desire to be something more than a man of ' the Revolution the possessive case of an inanimate noun... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1853 - 494 pages
...much more eloquent they would be ! Another rule is to avoid converting mere abstractions into persons. I believe you will very rarely find in any great writer...confined to persons, or at least to animated subjects. And I can not conclude this Lecture without insisting on the importance of accuracy of style as being... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1853 - 556 pages
...much more eloquent they would be! Another rule is to avoid converting mere abstractions into persons. I believe you will very rarely find in any great writer...confined to persons, or at least to animated subjects. And I can not conclude this Lecture without insisting on the importance of accuracy of style as being... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1853 - 512 pages
...much more eloquent they would be! Another rule is to avoid converting mere abstractions into persons. I believe you will very rarely find in any great writer...inanimate noun used in prose instead of the dependent ease, as ' the watch's hand,' for 'the hand of the watch.' The possessive or Saxon genitive was confined... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1857 - 800 pages
...much more eloquent they would be ! Another rule is, to avoid verting mere abstractions into persons. You will very rarely find in any great writer before...confined to persons, or at least to animated subjects; and I cannot conclude without insisting on the importance of accuracy of style, as being near akin... | |
 | English authors - 1876 - 504 pages
...much more eloquent they would be ! Another rule is to avoid converting mere abstractions into persons. I believe you will very rarely find in any great writer...confined to persons, or at least to animated subjects. And I cannot conclude this Lecture without insisting on the importance of accuracy of style as being... | |
 | Charles William Bardeen - English language - 1884 - 828 pages
...Relation of Persons.—"Another rule is to avoid converting mere abstractions into persons. I believe yon will very rarely find in any great writer before the...dependent case, as, 'the watch's hand,' for ' the hand of a watch.' The possessive or Saxon genitive was confined to persons, or at least to animated subjects."—COLEKIDOE.... | |
 | Charles William Bardeen - English language - 1884 - 824 pages
...Relation of Persons.—"Another rule is to avoid converting mere abstractions into persons. I believe yon will very rarely find in any great writer before the...dependent case, as, ' the watch's hand,' for ' the hand of a watch.' The possessive or Saxon genitive was confined to persons, or at least to animated subjects."—Colkridge.... | |
 | Charles William Bardeen - English language - 1884 - 828 pages
...Obs. 24. A Relation of Persons.—"Another rule is to avoid converting mere abstractions into persons. I believe you will very rarely find in any great writer...instead of the dependent case, as, ' the watch's hand, 1 for ' the hand of a watch.' The possessive or Saxon genitive was confined to persons, or at least... | |
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