 A word may be a fine-sounding word, of an unusual length, and very imposing from its learning and novelty, and yet in the connection in which it is introduced may be quite pointless and irrelevant. It is not pomp or pretension, but the adaptation of the...  Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongueper Francis Grose - 1823 - 245 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 414 pàgines
...FAMILIAU STYLE. I and irrelevant. It is not pomp or pretension, but the adaptation of the expression to the idea that clenches a writer's meaning :—as...arch; or as the pegs and nails are as necessary to the support of the building as the larger timbers, and more so than the mere shewy, unsubstantial ornaments.... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 414 pàgines
...quite pointless and irrelevant. It is not pomp or pretension, but the adaptation of the expression to the idea that clenches a writer's meaning : —...arch; or as the pegs and nails are as necessary to the support of the building as the larger timbers, and more so than the mere shewy, unsubstantial ornaments.... | |
 | George Pope Morris, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1844 - 530 pàgines
...quite pointless and irrelevant. It is not pomp or pretension, but the adaptalion of the expression to the idea that clenches a writer's meaning: —...; or as the pegs and nails are as necessary to the support of the building as the larger timbers, and more so than the mere showy, unsubstantial ornaments.... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 432 pàgines
...quite pointless and irrelevant. It is not pomp or pretension, but the adaptation of the expression to the idea that clenches a writer's meaning : —...; or as the pegs and nails are as necessary to the support of the building as the larger timbers, and more so than the mere showy, unsubstantial ornaments.... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1903 - 544 pàgines
...quite pointless and irrelevant. It is not pomp or pretension, but the adaptation of the expression to the idea that clenches a writer's meaning : —...; or as the pegs and nails are as necessary to the support of the building as the larger timbers, and more so than the mere shewy, unsubstantial ornaments.... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1903 - 548 pàgines
...but the adaptation of the expression to the idea that clenches a writer's meaning : — as it is J \ not the size or glossiness of the materials, but their...; or as the pegs and nails are as necessary to the support of the building as the larger timbers, and more so than the mere shewy, unsubstantial ornaments.... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1903 - 536 pàgines
...quite pointless and irrelevant. It is not pomp or pretension, but the adaptation of the expression to the idea that clenches a writer's meaning : — as it is not the si2e or glossiness of the materials, but their being fitted each to its place, that gives strength... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1905 - 468 pàgines
...quite pointless and irrelevant. It is not pomp or pretension, but the adaptation of the expression to the idea, that clenches a writer's meaning : —...place, that gives strength to the arch ; or as the Eegs and nails are as necessary to the support of the uilding as the larger timbers, and more so than... | |
 | G. Clifford Dent - 1914 - 312 pàgines
...quite pointless and irrelevant. It is not pomp or pretension, but the adaptation of the expression to the idea, that clenches a writer's meaning : —...; or as the pegs and nails are as necessary to the support of the building as the larger timbers, and more so than the mere showy, unsubstantial ornaments.... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 964 pàgines
...quite pointless and irrelevant. It is not pomp or pretension, but the adaptation of the expression he ny 1 support of the building as the larger timbers, and more so than [160 the mere showy, unsubstantial... | |
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