 | Sir Philip Sidney - 1787 - 158 стор.
...is the moft certain miftris of language, as the publick ftamp makes the current money. But we muft not be too frequent with the mint, every day coining. Nor fetch words from the extreme and utmoft ages ; fmce the chief virtue of a ftile is perfpicuity, and nothing fo vicious in it, as to... | |
 | George Perkins Marsh - 1860 - 716 стор.
...selection of words in writings designed for permanence of duration and effect. " "We must not," says he, " be too frequent with the mint, every day coining, nor fetch words from the extreme and utmost ages. Words borrowed of antiquity do lend a kind of Sure I thinke, and thinke I think not amisee, that they... | |
 | George Perkins Marsh - 1863 - 740 стор.
...designed for permanence of duration and effect. " "We must not," says he, " be too frequent with the miut, every day coining, nor fetch words from the extreme and utmost ages. Words borrowed of antiquity do lend a kind of Sure I thinke, and thinke I think not nmisse, that the;... | |
 | Adams Sherman Hill - 1878 - 314 стор.
...valor. Such writers can follow no better counsels than those given by Ben Jonson and by Pope : — " Custom is the most certain mistress of language, as...coining, nor fetch words from the extreme and utmost ages ; simce the chief virtue of a style is perspicuity, and nothing so vicious in it as to need an interpreter.... | |
 | Henry B. Buckham - 1881 - 270 стор.
...The sentence, then, contains a principal and a subordinate proposition, and is complex. SENTENCES. 1. Custom is the most certain mistress of language, as the public stamp makes the current money. 2. How is literature to avail itself of the new words which it needs for complete expression ? 3. A... | |
 | Charles William Bardeen - 1884 - 828 стор.
...that was in an abstruse metaphysical discussion, to express a very difficult distinction.—HAZLTTT. We must not be too frequent with the mint, every day...nor fetch words from the extreme and utmost ages. "Words borrowed of antiquity do lend a kind of majesty to style, and arc not without their delight... | |
 | Charles William Bardeen - 1884 - 828 стор.
...that was in an abstruse metaphysical discussion, to express a very difficult distinction.—HAZLITT. We must not be too frequent with the mint, every day...nor fetch words from the extreme and utmost ages. Words borrowed of antiquity do lend a kind of majesty to style, and are not without their delight sometimes.... | |
 | Charles William Bardeen - 1884 - 824 стор.
...that woe in an abstruse metaphysical discussion, to express a very difficult distinction. — HAZLITT. We must not be too frequent with the mint, every day...nor fetch words from the extreme and utmost ages. Words borrowed of antiquity do lend a kind of majesty to style, and are not •without their delight... | |
 | George Perkins Marsh - 1885 - 612 стор.
...selection of words in writings designed for permanence of duration and effect. " "We must not," says he, " be too frequent with the mint, every day coining, nor fetch words from the extreme and utmost ages. "Words borrowed of antiquity do lend a kind of majesty to style, and are not without their delight... | |
 | Ben Jonson - 1892 - 216 стор.
...are by use made tender and gentle. It is an honest error that is committed, following great chiefs. Custom is the most certain mistress of language, as...words from the extreme and utmost ages; since the chief_yirtue_of a stylets perspicuity^ and nothing so vicious in it as to need an interpreter. Words... | |
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Custom is the most certain mistress of language, as the public stamp makes the current money. But we must not be too frequent with the mint, every day coining. Nor fetch words from the extreme and utmost ages ; since the chief virtue of a style is perspicuity,... 
