 | Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 pages
...over-careless; using our speech as most men do, and ordering our wits as the fewest have done. Some seek so far for outlandish English, that they forget altogether their mother's language. And I dare swear this,—if some of their mothers were alive, they were not able to tell what they say; and yet these... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1853 - 716 pages
...careless ; using our speech as most men do, and ordering our wits as the fewest have docn. Some seek so far for outlandish English, that they forget altogether...not able to tell what they say, and yet these fine Knglish clerks will say they speak in their mother tongue, if a man should charge them with counterfeiting... | |
 | Maximilian Schele de Vere - 1853 - 448 pages
...at alliteration made by contemporary authors. With regard to the former he says : " Some seek so far outlandish English that they forget altogether their...they were not able to tell what they say : and yet their fine English clerks will say that they speak their mother- tongue, if a man should charge them... | |
 | Maximilian Schele de Vere - 1853 - 448 pages
...at alliteration made by contemporary authors. With regard to the former he says: "Some seek so far outlandish English that they forget altogether their...they were not able to tell what they say: and yet their fine English clerks will say that they speak their mother-tongue, if a man should charge them... | |
 | Maximilian Schele de Vere - 1853 - 442 pages
...nt alliteration made by contemporary authors. With regard to the former he says : " Some seek so far outlandish English that they forget altogether their mother's language, and I dare svyear this, if some of their mothers were alive, they were not able to tell what they say : and yet... | |
 | Henry Rogers - 1855 - 428 pages
...careless, using our speech as most men do, and ordering our wits as the fewest have done. Some seek so far outlandish English, that they forget altogether their...these fine English clerks will say they speak in their mother-tongue, if a man should charge them with counterfeiting the king's English. Some far-journeyed... | |
 | Henry Richard Fox Bourne - 1862 - 588 pages
...contains. " Some seek so far for outlandish English," he said, " that they forget altogether their mothers' language. And I dare swear this, if some of their...them with counterfeiting the King's English. Some far-journeyed gentlemen, at their return home, like as they love to go in foreign apparel, so they... | |
 | Christian Friedrich Koch - 1868 - 450 pages
...careless ; using our speech as most men do and ordering our wits as the fewest have done. Some seek so far for outlandish English , that they forget altogether...clerks will say they speak in their mother tongue, if a §. 19. man should charge them with counter - feiting the King's English. Some far journeied gentlemen,... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1834 - 320 pages
...far for outlandish English, that they furget altogether their mother's language. And I dare affirm this, if some of their mothers were alive, they were not able to te!3 what they say : and yet these fine English Clerks will say '.hat they (peak in their mother tongue,... | |
 | Carl Friedrich Koch - 1869 - 500 pages
...careless ; using our speech as most men do and ordering our wits as the feWest have done. Some seek so far for outlandish English, that they forget altogether...clerks will say they speak in their mother tongue, if a §. 19. man should charge them with counter - feiting the King's English. Some far journeied gentlemen,... | |
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Some seek so far for outlandish English, that they forget altogether their mother's language. And I dare swear this, if some of their mothers were alive, they were not able to tell what they say... 
