 | Hugh Blair - 1820 - 538 pages
...the relative who from its antecedent our countrymen / in this way : " About an *' age or two ago, • this kind of wit was very much •" in vogue among our countrymen, who" did not " practise it for any oblique reason, but purely for the " sake of being witty." — Spectator,... | |
 | David Irving - English language - 1821 - 336 pages
...manner as not to separate the relative who from its antecedent countrymen, " About an age or two ago, this kind of wit was very much in vogue among our countrymen, who did not practise it for any oblique reason, but purely for the sake of being willy." ~ It it folly... | |
 | W. JILLARD HORT - 1822 - 156 pages
...man, we remained silent, ashamed, confounded, daunted. 3. About an age or two ago, (says Addison,) this kind of wit was very much in vogue among our countrymen, who did not practise it for any oblique reason, but purely for the sake of being witty. ourselves ugaiimt... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1828 - 268 pages
...separate the relative who from its antecedent our countrymen, in this way : " About an age or two ago, this kind of wit was very much in vogue among our countrymen, who did not practise it,' &c. (19.) With regard to relatives, it may be further observed, that obscurity... | |
 | Hugh Blair - Rhetoric - 1833 - 654 pages
...separate the relative who, from its antecedent our countrymen; in this way: ' About an age or two ago, this kind of wit was very much in vogue among our countrymen, who did not practise it for any oblique reason, but purely for the sake of being witty.' Spectator,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1834 - 366 pages
...separate the relative who from its antecedent, our countrymen; in this way: "About an age or two ago, this kind of wit was very much in vogue among our countrymen, who did not practise it," &c. The following passage is still more censurable. " It is folly to pretend... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1835 - 266 pages
...separate the relative who from its antecedent ottr countrymen , in this way : " About an age or two ago, this kind of wit was very much in vogue among our countrymen, who did not practise it,' tec. (19.) With regard to relatives, it may be further observed, that obscurity... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1837 - 260 pages
...separate the relative who from its antecedent our countrymen , in this way : " Aboutan age or two ago, this kind of wit was very much in vogue among our countrymen, who did not practise it, &c. (19.) With regard to relatives, it may be further observed, that obscurity... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - English language - 1839 - 316 pages
...awkward and disjointed in the structure of the sentence. fllim. 1. " This kind of wit was very milch in vogue among our countrymen, about an age or two ago, who did not practise it for any oblique reason, but purely for the sake of being witty."* We are at no loss about... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - English language - 1840 - 314 pages
...place, we always find something awkward and disjointed in the structure of the sentence. Illus. 1. " This kind of wit was very much in vogue among our countrymen, about an age or two ago, who did not practise it for any oblique reason, but purely for iho aa:ce of being witty."* We are at no loss about... | |
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About an age or two ago, this kind of wit was very much in vogue among our countrymen, who did not practise it, 
