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Flashes of thought , flights of fancy , idiomatic expressions , he sets down among the signs of the times ... The using an elliptical mode of expression ( such as he did not use to find in Guides to the English Tongue ) jars him like ...
Flashes of thought , flights of fancy , idiomatic expressions , he sets down among the signs of the times ... The using an elliptical mode of expression ( such as he did not use to find in Guides to the English Tongue ) jars him like ...
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Every one must perceive , ' observes Mr. Smith , that the low and vulgar expressions employed in this extract are a violation of all ... To our ears , and to our understandings , neither the expression nor the sense is improved by it .
Every one must perceive , ' observes Mr. Smith , that the low and vulgar expressions employed in this extract are a violation of all ... To our ears , and to our understandings , neither the expression nor the sense is improved by it .
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... a long discussion , or intimidated by danger , some electric expression , or decisive sentence , would escape from him , his countenance , at such moments , becoming terrible , from the combined expression of ugliness and genius .
... a long discussion , or intimidated by danger , some electric expression , or decisive sentence , would escape from him , his countenance , at such moments , becoming terrible , from the combined expression of ugliness and genius .
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Contents
Lawlesss Compendium of the History of Ireland | 15 |
Halketts Historical Notes on the NorthAmerican Indians | 25 |
A Summary View of America by an Englishman | 34 |
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| Title | The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal Volumes 1215-1247 of Early English newspapers Volumes 384-432 of English literary periodicals |
| Contributors | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths |
| Publisher | R. Griffiths, 1825 |
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