 | William Cowper - 1856 - 464 lehte
...dresses, according to the mode that prevailed." — Addieon on Medals. 985. He puts it on, Ac. : " Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside." Pope. Essay on Crittcitm, ii. 883. 996. Age of fabled gold : The ancient poets divided... | |
 | 1913 - 916 lehte
...For Pope's conclusion is the only reasonable one, and particularly applicable to pronunciation : — In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike...whom the new are tried. Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. The time element, however, does not enter into the second phase of the question, that of... | |
 | George Frederick Graham - 1857 - 416 lehte
...respect both to obsolete and to new-coined words, Pope's advice seems the best that we can follow : — " In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold ; Alike...whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside." GRAMMATICAL ERRORS. 4. Grammatical errors are common to almost all our early great authors... | |
 | Oliver Prescott Hiller - 1857 - 388 lehte
...breezes blow roses on their cheeks, and its mild moisture gives roundness to their beauty. ANGLICISMS. In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold, Alike fantastic if too new or old. ESSAY ox CRITICISM. A GREAT deal has been said, and still continues to be said, by British travelers... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1858 - 424 lehte
...history. An obsolete word can be used in poetry when it can not be in prose. Pope's rule is a good one : " In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold, Alike...fantastic if too new or old ; Be not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside." RULE IV. — When usage is divided, an expression... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1859 - 504 lehte
...grandsires, in their doublets drest. In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold ; Alike fantastie, ands design' d) Bid harbours open, public ways extend',...God, ascend ; Bid the broad arch the dangerous Hood them,is right or wrong* : In the bright Muse, though thousand charms conHer voice is all these tuneful... | |
 | George Campbell - 1859 - 460 lehte
...before-mentioned sorts of barbarism is extremely good. " In words, as fashions, the same rule will holdAlike fantastic if too new or old : Be not the first by...whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside."* PART III. By the Use of Good Words new-modelled. The third species of barbarism is that... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1860 - 632 lehte
...the fine gentleman wore yesterday ; 330 And but so mimic ancient wits at best. As apes ourgranclsires in their doublets dress'd. In words, as fashions,...whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. ^ ""nut most by numbers judge a poet's song ; And smooth or rough, with them, is right or... | |
 | George Campbell - 1860 - 458 lehte
...advice of the poet with regard to both the before-mentioned sorts of barbarism is extremely good. " In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold —...whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside."* PART III. By the Use of Good Words new-modelled. The third species of barbarism is that... | |
 | 1861 - 386 lehte
...with sententious wit and wisdom as with their verbal elements, aiul niiii both as with the mode — " In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold, Alike fantastic if too new or old ;" it will, therefore, be neither amiss nor without iaterest to take up a few representative " saws... | |
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In words as fashions the same rule will hold, Alike fantastic if too new or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. 
