 That the words now replaced are better, I do not undertake to prove; it is sufficient that they are Shakspeare's : if phraseology is to be changed as words grow uncouth by disuse, or gross by vulgarity, the history of every language will .be lost ; we...  Hudibras; with notes by T.R. Nash - Page 237by Samuel Butler - 1835Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 522 pages
...it is sufficient that they are Shakspere's : if phraseology is to be changed as words grow uncouth by disuse, or gross by vulgarity, the history of every...words of any author ; and, as these alterations will be often unskilfully made, we shall in time have very little of his meaning. JOHNSON. This expression... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1803 - 756 pages
...it is sufficient that they are Shakspeare's : if phraseology is to be changed as words grow uncouth by disuse, or gross by vulgarity, the history of every...words of any author ; and, as these alterations, will be often unskilfully made, we shall in time have very little of his meaning. JOHNSON. Line 34O. Wherein... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 486 pages
...Than young Laertes, in a riotous head, O'erbears your officers ! The rabble call him, lord; garity, the history of every language will be lost; we shall...words of any author; and, as these alterations will be often unskilfully made, we shall in time have very little of his meaning. JOHNSON. 4 Like to a murdering... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 486 pages
...Than young Laertes, in a riotous head, O'erbears your officers ! The rabble call him, lord ; garity, the history of every language will be lost ; we shall...words of any author; and, as these alterations will be often unskilfully made, we shall in time have very little of his meaning. JOHNSON. * Like to a murdering... | |
 | English literature - 1807 - 558 pages
...the words arc Spenser's. If phraseology is to be changed as words grow uncouth by disuse, or coarse b'y vulgarity, the history of every language will be lost ; we shall no longer have the wards of any author, and as these alterations will be often unskilfully made, we shall have intime... | |
 | Literature, Modern - 1807 - 556 pages
...the words are Spenser's. Jf phraseology is to be changed- as words grow uncouth by disuse, or coarse by vulgarity, the history of every language will be lost ; we shall no longer have the wards- of any author, and as these, alterations will be often unskilfully made, we shall have in time... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 476 pages
...changed as words grow uncouth hy disuse, or gross hy vulgarity, the history of every language will he lost ; we shall no longer have the words of any author; and, as these alterations will he often unskilfully made, we shall in time have very little of his meaning, jfohnson. On this just... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1809 - 484 pages
...it is sufficient that they are Shakspeare's : if phraseology is to be changed as words grow uncouth by disuse, or gross by vulgarity, the history of every language will he lost ; we shall no longer have the words of any author; and, as these alterations will be often... | |
 | John Ford - English drama - 1811 - 522 pages
...of, in private; but, as Dr Johnson observes, " if phraseology is to be changed as words grow uncouth by disuse, or gross by vulgarity, the history of every...words of any author ; and, as these alterations will be often unskilfully made, we shall in time have very little of his meaning." Mr Steevens, by several... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 498 pages
...Than young Laertes, in a riotous head, O'erbears your officers ! The rabble call him, lord ? garity, the history of every language will be lost ; we shall...words of any author ; and, as these alterations will be often unskilfully made, we shall in time have very little of tiis meaning. JOHNSON. 1 Like to a... | |
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