Still there is one remark which essentially belongs to our present subject, and is also closely connected with what has gone before.
— from The philosophy of life, and philosophy of language, in a course of lectures by Friedrich von Schlegel
Pend for the practice, pleasure and profit of all English gentlemen, who will endevour by their owne paine, study, and diligence, to attain the naturall accent, the true pronunciation and swift and glib Grace of this noble, famous and courtly Language.
— from The Teaching and Cultivation of the French Language in England during Tudor and Stuart Times With an Introductory Chapter on the Preceding Period by K. Rebillon (Kathleen Rebillon) Lambley
Pend for the practice, pleasure and profit of all English Gentlemen who will endevour by their owne paine, studie and dilligence to attaine the naturall accent, the true pronunciation, and swift and glib Grace of that noble, famous and courtly Language.
— from The Teaching and Cultivation of the French Language in England during Tudor and Stuart Times With an Introductory Chapter on the Preceding Period by K. Rebillon (Kathleen Rebillon) Lambley
In the meantime our road carried us nearer to the cottage, though we were crossing over the hill to the left, leaving the valley below us, and we perceived that a part of the building was inhabited, and that what we had supposed to be one blasted tree was eight trees, four of which were entirely blasted; the others partly so, and round about the place was a little potato and cabbage garth, fenced with earth.
— from Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 by Dorothy Wordsworth
But her attention was engaged by thoughts of Pratt Sanderson’s sufferings.
— from Frances of the Ranges; Or, The Old Ranchman's Treasure by Amy Bell Marlowe
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