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" Water, give me" is the simplest type of the approximate arrangement. In pleonasms, which are comparatively prevalent among the uneducated, the same essential structure is seen, as, for instance, in "The men, they were there." Again, the old possessive... "
Essays: Moral, Political and Aesthetic - Page 25
by Herbert Spencer - 1872 - 418 pages
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Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volume 28

1853 - 614 pages
..."Water — give me," is the simplest type of the approximative arrangement. In pleonasms, which are comparatively prevalent among the uneducated, the...natural one, implies that it is the one spontaneously eraployed by the common people — that is, the one easiest for undisciplined minds. Before dismissing...
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Elements of Criticism

Lord Henry Home Kames - Literary Criticism - 1855 - 498 pages
...in " Water, give me," is the simplest type of the approximative arrangement. In pleonasms, which are comparatively prevalent among the uneducated, the...spontaneously employed by the common people — that is, the one easiest for undisciplined minds. Before dismissing this branch of our subject, it should...
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Essays--scientific, Political and Speculative, Volume 1

Herbert Spencer - Philosophy - 1858 - 460 pages
...— " Water, give me," is the simplest type of the approximative arrangement. In pleonasms, which are comparatively prevalent among the uneducated, the...spontaneously employed by the common people : that is — the one easiest for undisciplined minds. There are many cases however in which neither the direct...
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Essays--scientific, Political and Speculative

Herbert Spencer - Philosophy - 1858 - 466 pages
...—" Water, give me/' is the simplest type of the approximative arrangement. In pleonasms, which are comparatively prevalent among the uneducated, the...The men, they were there." Again, the old possessive case—"The king, his crown," conforms to the like order of thought. Moreover, the fact that the indirect...
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Elements of Criticism

Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1859 - 512 pages
...in " Water, give me," is the simplest type of the approximative arrangement. In pleonasms, which are comparatively prevalent among the uneducated, the...it is the one spontaneously employed by the common people—that is, the one easiest for undisciplined minds. character. So long as the mind has not much...
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Elements of Criticism

Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1859 - 512 pages
...in " Water, give me," is the simplest type of the approximative arrangement. la pleonasms, which are comparatively prevalent among the uneducated, the...structure is seen; as, for instance, in "The men, thi-y were there." Again, the old possessive case, "The king, his crown," conforms to the like order...
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Elements of Criticism

Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1863 - 504 pages
...in " Water, give me," is the simplest type of the approximative arrangement. In pleonxsms, which are comparatively prevalent among the uneducated, the...spontaneously employed by the common people — that is, the one easiest for undisciplined minds. Before dismissing this branch of our subject, it should...
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Essays: Moral, Political and Aesthetic

Herbert Spencer - Political science - 1865 - 400 pages
...— " Water, give me," is the simplest type of the approximate arrangement. In pleonasms, which are comparatively prevalent among the uneducated, the..."The king, his crown," conforms to the like order of 2 thought. Moreover, the fact that the indirect mode is called the natural one, implies that it is...
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Elements of Criticism

Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1870 - 520 pages
...in " Water, give me," is the simplest type of the approximative arrangement. In pleonasms, which are comparatively prevalent among the uneducated, the...it is the one spontaneously employed by the common people—that is, the one easiest for undisciplined minds. Before dismissing this branch of our subject,...
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Essays: Moral, Political and Aesthetic

Herbert Spencer - Political science - 1871 - 440 pages
...— " Water, give me," is the simplest type of the approximate arrangement. In pleonasms, which are comparatively prevalent among the uneducated, the...thought. Moreover, the fact that the indirect mode ia called the natural one, implies that it is the one spontaneously employed by the common people:...
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