 I conceive that words are like money, not the worse for being common, but that it is the stamp of custom alone that gives them circulation or value. I am fastidious in this respect, and would almost as soon coin the currency of the realm as counterfeit...  Studies in English - Seite 1041924Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 414 Seiten
...worse for being common, but that it is the stamp of custom alone that gives them circulation or value. I am fastidious in this respect, and would almost...the currency of the realm as counterfeit the King's English. I never invented or gave a new and unauthorised meaning to any word but one single one (the... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 414 Seiten
...worse for being common, but that it is the stamp of custom alone that gives them circulation or value. I am fastidious in this respect, and would almost...the currency of the realm as counterfeit the King's English. I never invented or gave a new and unauthorised meaning to any word but one single one (the... | |
 | George Pope Morris, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1844 - 530 Seiten
...worse for being common, but that it is the stamp of custom alone that gives them circulation or value. I am fastidious in this respect, and would almost as soon coin the currency of the realm a? counterfeit the king's English. I never invented or gave a new and unauthorized meaning to any word... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 432 Seiten
...worse for being common, but that it is the stamp of custom alone that gives them circulation or value. I am fastidious in this respect, and would almost...the currency of the realm as counterfeit the King's English. I never invented or gave a new and unauthorized meaning to any word but one single one (the... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1854 - 1232 Seiten
...for being common, but that it is the stamp of custom alone that gives them circulation or value. 1 am fastidious in this respect, and would almost as...the currency of the realm as counterfeit the King's English. I never invented or gave a new and unauthorised meaning to any word but one single one (the... | |
 | Fitzedward Hall - 1873 - 430 Seiten
...worse for being common, but that it is the stamp of custom alone that gives them circulation or value. I am fastidious in this respect, and would almost as soon coin the currency of. the reulm tis counterfeit the king's English. I never invented, or gave a new and unauthorized meaning... | |
 | James Comper Gray - 1876 - 412 Seiten
...worse for being common ; but that it is the stamp of custom alone that gives them circulation or value. I am fastidious In this respect, and would almost...the currency of the realm as counterfeit the King's English." — HazliU. e С. Kinsley. Joseph a De. xxxiii. 13— 17. 4 Ps. i. 3. с Ge. xxxvii. 4, 24,... | |
 | Charles William Bardeen - 1884 - 828 Seiten
...worse for being common, but that it is the stamp of custom alone that gives them circulation or value. I am fastidious in this respect, and would almost...the currency of the realm as counterfeit the king's English. I never invented or gave a new and unauthorized meaning to any word but one single one—the... | |
 | Charles William Bardeen - 1884 - 828 Seiten
...worse for being common, but that it is the stamp of custom alone that gives them circulation or value. I am fastidious in this respect, and would almost...the currency of the realm as counterfeit the king's English. I never invented or gave a new and unauthorized meaning to any word but one single one—the... | |
 | Charles William Bardeen - 1884 - 824 Seiten
...worse for being common, but that it is the stamp of custom alone that gives them circulation. or value. I am fastidious in this respect, and would almost...the currency of the realm as counterfeit the king's English. I never invented or gave a new and unauthorized meaning to any word but one single one —... | |
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