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art . To the plate eutiti ^ ^ must give uwqualified admiration . The design is grand with * obt fo ^ ng / rbeavy ; Jbe light * and shades- interpenetrate fcach other haasjt ftejaulifililly ; and the ? tints of thenWt ^ t rse ^ tct glisten and change as we gaze upon the restless stirface .
^ wm ^ M ^ m ^ M Tk ? &fya ! fpemy Evgiteh Grammnr 7 pi-, Me . // r £ 0 / writing and Talking without Blimderittg * Onwhyn , Catherine street . 1837 . Our first impulse in snatching ^ , quill to write a notice of this quaint thing was to exclaim € Well done , George Edmonds !' The writer presents a curious and amusing mixture of waggliy and good sense , some specimens of which are Worth reading :-
—. ^ JTokhow a ^ disease said half its cure . To know * that \ in l ^ glan&lwe db ^ not generally speak with accuracy is a stride towards our improvement . Of all English Schools , Grammar Schools are the worst possible Institutions for teaching Grammar . Few of the richest classes , fewer o £ the trading classes , and still fewer of the labouring classes , \* s e our language scientifically . * . * * •^• j a 5 ^ . ; in of
- ^/ JJJie most frequent blunders speaking are different clams * Some # re considered vulgar ; others , very vulgar ; others , quite for * rid ; ^ and for ^ he perpetration of which a man would be hanged—if tr ^ by a jury ofgrammarians . * . . ' * * , " The chief object of this address is to call the attention of the trading fitntf wdrkiftg classes to the importance of cultivating the grammar of our language . 1 shall not , however , be sorry to h&ve fetilisted a few ¥ aw recruits from the richer classes . '
Ambng various other heads , the opinions and tec 6 mmfeiidatibns of 0 ^ 6 rge "Edmonds respecting " Newspapers ' atd | t ^ - view ^ * is not the least amusing . < " Among the daily papers , independently of politics , the Globe and $# r Tru ^ e Sun are my favourites , as models for the display of purity of language and freshness of thought ; these journals bejng ne ^ er overwritten nor under-written—saying too much ^ and not saylnr Enough
being equal indications of mental inferiority . The London Review , ttie Quarterly Hevieia , the Edinburgh Review , and Blackwoods ' Magazine , should be read from the first number to the last , Thiej wnt ^ jr ^ in these publications would be the avowed editors of our now se ^ etty # d&e newspapers , if the press were released from taxation . Q tiatib&wMXc tionarv of Synonymes should be perused with attention , as the student 6 f Ifla ^ iage ittay tJiere contemplate , arra ! nged word bjr w 6 rd ^ a great number of expressions that approach in signification , but are not identical
m ; ^ $ anpg . t ) ^ ; _ . _ _ _ . } i / . . The " Hints' of Qeoi ? ge JB ^ ^ OP ftpe ' ^ ing m& W 4 * Mg * are equally worthy of notice . , » < ^ The ^ moat common error is the utteitance of oUr wowte with choking rapidity . We ought to pronounce every syllable wi ^ duitizip ^ i ^ tfs ; ^| Uld not articulate such words us singular * natural , original , as if written
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 1, 1837, page 319, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1831/page/64/
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