 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - English language - 1834 - 202 pages
...tilings compared. " Th« vice of covetousness is what enters deepest into the soul of any other." " He1 celebrates the church of England as the most perfect of all others." Both these modes of expression are faulty: we should not say, "the best of any man," or " the best... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - English language - 1838 - 338 pages
...degree, which, when interpreted by the rules of English syntax, implies a thing different from itself; as it " celebrates the Church of England as the most...;" — or, " as the most perfect of all churches." 2. On this principle, Milton fills into an impropriety in these words : — ------ Adam, The comeliest... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - English language - 1839 - 316 pages
...degree, which, when interpreted by the rules of English syntax, implies a thing different from itself; as it " celebrates the Church of England as the most perfect of all others."* Properly, cither — " as more perfect than any other;" — or, " as the most perfect of all churches." 2. On... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1839 - 234 pages
...things compared ' The vice of covetousness is what enters deepest into the soul of any other.' ' He celebrates the church of England as the most perfect of all others.' Both these modes of expression are faulty: we should not say, 'The best of any man,' or, other, without... | |
 | George Campbell - Theology - 1840 - 450 pages
...of this kind of which I shall take notice is, when the expression, on being grammatically analyzed, is discovered to contain some inconsistency. Such...celebrates the church of England as the most perfect of all others6." — Properly, either — " as more perfect^ than any other," or — " as the most perfect... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - English language - 1840 - 314 pages
...degree, which, when interpreted by the rules of English syntax, implies a thing different from itself; as it " celebrates the Church of England as the most...;" — or, " as the most perfect of all churches." 2. On this principle, Milton falls into an impropriety in these words : — ------ Adam, The comeliest... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - English language - 1841 - 204 pages
...tilings compared. " The vice of covetousness is what enters deepest into the soul of any other." " He celebrates the church of England as the most perfect of all others." Both these modes of expression are faulty : we should not say, " tlie best of any man," or " the best... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Allen Fisk - 1846 - 180 pages
...two things compared. ' The vice of covetousness is what enters deepest into the soul of any other. He celebrates the church of England as the most perfect of all others.' Both these modes of expression are faulty ; we sTiould not say, 'The best of any man,' or, ' The best... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1850 - 1012 pages
...It contains nothing to provoke them, by the least scurrility upon their persons or their functions. It celebrates the church of England, as the most perfect of all others in discipline and doctrine ; it advances no opinion they reject, nor condemns . any they receive. If... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1857 - 416 pages
...inconsistency. The phrase ' of all others, ' used N after the superlative, is open to objection. For example : " It celebrates the Church of England as the most perfect of all others." Since the writer here means to distinguish the Church of England from all others, how can he properly... | |
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It celebrates the church of England, as the most perfect of all others, in discipline and doctrine ; it advances no opinion they reject, nor condemns any they receive. 
