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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... "
Specimens of English prose-writers, from the earliest times to the close of ... - Página 55
editado por - 1807
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A Study of the Treatment of Speech Composition by English Writers from Cox ...

James Fred McGrew - 1926 - 588 páginas
...inkhorne terms, but to speak as is c'ommonly received: neither seeking to be over-fine Some seek so far for outlandish English that they forget altogether...were alive, they were not able to tell what they say He that cometh lately out of France will talk French- English, and never blush at the matter. Another...
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Shakespeare as a Letter-writer and Artist in Prose: A Disquisition, Two ...

William Shakespeare, Rodolphe Louis Mégroz - 1927 - 236 páginas
...altogether their mothers language. And I dare sweare this, if some of their mothers were alive, thei were not able to tell what they say : and yet these fine English clerkes will say, they speake in their mother tongue, if a man should charge them for counterfeiting...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 28

1851 - 644 páginas
...careless, using our speech as must men ilo, and ordering our wits as the fewest hace dane. Some seek so far outlandish English, that they forget altogether their...mothers were alive they were not able to tell what ibey say ; and yet these fine English clerks will say they speak in their mother-tongue, if a man should...
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Englische Studien, Volume 38

Eugen Kölbing, Johannes Hoops, Reinald Hoops - 1907 - 788 páginas
...altogether their mothers language. And I dare sweare this, if some of their mothers were alive, thci were not able to tell what they say, and yet these fine English clerkes will say they speak in their mother tongue , if a man should charge them for counterfeiting...
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Art of Rhetoric: (1560) Thomas Wilson

Peter E. Medine - 2010 - 344 páginas
...overeareless, using our speech as most men do, and ordering our wits as the fewest have done. 20 Some seek so far for outlandish English that they forget altogether their mother's language. And l dare swear this, if some of their mothers were alive, they were not able to tell what they say, and...
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Renaissance Debates on Rhetoric

Wayne A. Rebhorn - 2000 - 340 páginas
...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...yet these fine English clerks will say they speak their mother tongue if a man should charge them for counterfeiting the king's English. Some far-journeyed...
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Words on Words: Quotations about Language and Languages

David Crystal, Hilary Crystal - 2000 - 604 páginas
...altogether their mothers language. And I dare sweare this, if some of their mothers were alive, thei were not able to tell what they say: and yet these fine English clerkes will say, they speake in their mother tongue, if a man should charge them for counterfeiting...
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Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England, Volume 13

John Pitcher, Robert Lindsey, Susan P. Cerasano - 2001 - 340 páginas
...seems simply to mean the native language of English. The passage goes on to literalize this "so that if some of their mothers were alive, they were not able to tell or understand what they say, and yet these fine English clerks will say they speak in their mother...
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The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language

David Crystal - 2003 - 230 páginas
...altogether their mothers language. And I dare sweare this, if some of their mothers were alive, thei were not able to tell what they say; and yet these fine English clerkes will say, they speake in their mother tongue, if a man should charge them for counterfeiting...
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Lexicography: Lexicography, metalexicography and reference science

R. R. K. Hartmann - 2003 - 504 páginas
...men seek so far for outlandish English. that they forget altogether their mother's language, so that if some of their mothers were alive, they were not able to tell, or understand what they say. . . . Also. some far-journeyed gentlemen. at their return home, like as...
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