 ... admitting among the additions of later times, only such as may supply real deficiencies, such as are readily adopted by the genius of our tongue, and incorporate easily with our native idioms.  The Quarterly Review - Page 303edited by - 1834Full view - About this book
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...from which it ought to be our endeavour to recall it, by making our ancient volumes the groundwork of style, admitting among the additions of later times...are readily adopted by the genius of our tongue, and incorporated easily with our native idioms." Later on in his Preface he explains that I have fixed... | |
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