 | Jonathan Swift - 1712 - 56 oldal
...Dictionaries before his Time. But the 'Englift Tongue is not arrived to fuch a Degree of Perfection, asj^to make us apprehend any Thoughts of its Decay ; and...to a certain Standard, perhaps there might be Ways found ottt to fix it for ever 5 or at lead till, we are invaded and made a Cohqueft by forne other... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1735 - 374 oldal
...among them, makes ufe of many new Terms which are not to be found in any of the common Di&ionaries before his Time. But the Englijh Tongue is not arrived...there might be Ways to fix it for ever, or at leaft till we are invaded, and made a Conqueft by fome other State ; And even then, our beft Writings might... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1752 - 356 oldal
...the moft ruinous Corruption in any Language. La Brtyere, a late celebrated Writer among them, maketh ufe of many new Terms which are not to be found in...Efteem, and the Authors have a Chance for Immortality. BUT without fuch great Revolutions as thefe, (to which we are, I think, lefs fubject than Kingdoms... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 486 oldal
...dictionaries before his time. But the English tongue is not arrived to such a degree of perfection, as to make us apprehend any thoughts of its decay ; and...to a certain standard, perhaps there might be ways found out to fix it for ever, or at least till we are invaded and made a conquest-}- by some other... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 544 oldal
...dictionaries before his time. But the English tongue is not arrived to such a degree of perfection, as to make us apprehend any thoughts of its decay; and...to a certain standard, perhaps there might be ways found out to fix it for ever, or at least till we are invaded and made a conquest f by some other state;... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 384 oldal
...dictionaries before his time. But the English tongue is not arrived to such a degree of perfection, as to make us apprehend any thoughts of its decay ; and...refined to a certain standard, perhaps there might be wayg found out to fix it for ever, or at least till * This is ungrammatical ; it should be — ' which... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 564 oldal
...dictionaries before his time. But the English tongue is not arrived to such a degree of perfection, as to make us apprehend any thoughts of its decay ; and...to a certain standard, perhaps there might be ways found out to fix it for ever, or at least till we are invaded and made a conquest by some other state;... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Thomas Roscoe - 1859 - 686 oldal
...dictionaries before his time. But. the English tongue is not arrived to such a degree of perfection as \ to make us apprehend any thoughts of its decay; and...to a certain standard, perhaps there might be ways found out to fix it for ever, or at least till we are invaded and made a conquest by some other state... | |
 | Fitzedward Hall - 1873 - 430 oldal
...belief. 3 This 1'roposal was written in 1712. There we also read, with reference to our language : " If it were once refined to a certain standard, perhaps there might he ways found out to fix it for ever, or, at least, till we are invaded and made a conquest [si'i']... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Sir Walter Scott - 1883 - 496 oldal
...dictionaries before his time. But the English tongue is not arrived to such a degree of perfection, as to make us apprehend any thoughts of its decay ; and...to a certain standard, perhaps there might be ways found out to fix it for ever, or at least till we are invaded and made a conquest by some other state... | |
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... if it were once refined to a certain standard, perhaps there might be ways found out to fix it for ever, or at least till we are invaded and made a conquest by some other state... 
