 I have laboured to refine our language to grammatical purity, and to clear it from colloquial barbarisms, licentious idioms, and irregular combinations. Something, perhaps, I have added to the elegance of its construction, and something to the harmony...  The Scots Magazine - Seite 4351752Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834
...Whatever shall be the final sentence of mankind, I have at least endeavoured to deserve their kindness. nd envy are at an end, we may hope for from colloquial barbarisms, licentious idioms, and irregular combinations. Something, perhaps, I have... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1840
...establishment of our present refinement, and it is with truth he observes of his Rambler, " That he had laboured to refine our language to grammatical purity, and to clear it from colloquial barbarisms, licentious idioms, and irregular combinations, and that he has added to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1843
...Whatever shall be the final sentence of mankmd, Ï have at least endeavoured to deserve their kindness. I have laboured to refine our language to grammatical purity, and to clear it from colloquial barbarisms, licentious idioms, and irregular combinations. Something, perhaps, I have... | |
 | Henry Francis Cary - 1846 - 419 Seiten
...easy to catch the subtle graces of Addison. At the conclusion of the Rambler, he boasts that " he has laboured to refine our language to grammatical purity, and to clear it from colloquial barbarisms, licentious idioms, and irregular combinations." G The result of his labour... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1859 - 462 Seiten
...establishment of our present refinement, and it is with truth he observes of his " Kambler," " That he had laboured to refine our language to grammatical purity, and to clear it from colloquial barbarisms, licentious idioms, and irregular combinations, and that he has added to... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1860 - 183 Seiten
...style of every prose writer since his time. His object may be best expressed in his own words : " He laboured to refine our language to grammatical purity, and to clear it from colloquial barbarisms, licentious idioms, and irregular combinations, and he has added to the... | |
 | 1867 - 152 Seiten
...establishment of our present refinement, and it is with truth he observes of his " Rambler," "That he had laboured to refine our language to grammatical purity, and to clear it from colloquial barbarisms, licentious idioms, and irregular combinations, and that he has added to... | |
 | Isaac Disraeli - 1881
...establishment of our present refinement, and it is with truth he observes of his " Rambler," " That he had laboured to refine our language to grammatical purity, and to clear it from colloquial barbarisms, licentious idioms, and irregular combinations, and that he has added to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1889
...Whatever shall be the final sentence of mankind, I have at least endeavoured to deserve their kindness. I have laboured to refine our language to grammatical purity, and to clear it from colloquial barbarisms, licentious idioms, and irregular combinations. Something, perhaps, I have... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1889
...Whatever shall be the final sentence of mankind, I have at least endeavoured to deserve their kindness. I have laboured to refine our language to grammatical purity, and to clear it from colloquial barbarisms, licentious idioms, and irregular combinations. Something, perhaps, I have... | |
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