 Tautologies. I see no reason that so high a Princess as Divinity is should be presented to the people in the sordid rags of the tongue ; nor that he which speaks from the Father of Languages should deliver his embassage in an ill one. A man can never...  Resolves, Divine, Moral and Political - Page 50by Owen Felltham - 1820 - 454 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Reuben Percy - Autographs - 1823 - 432 pages
...Divinity is, should be presented to t^he people in the sordid rags of the tongue : nor that he which speaks from the Father of languages, should deliver...embassage in an ill one. A man can never speak too well. Long and distended clauses are both tedious to the ear, and difficult for their retaining. A sentence... | |
 | Owen Felltham - Conduct of life - 1832 - 352 pages
....divinity is should be presented to the people in the sordid rags of the tongue ; nor that he, which speaks from the Father of languages, should deliver...embassage in an ill one. A man can never speak too well where he speaks not too obscure. Long and distended clauses are both tedious to the ear and difficult... | |
 | English literature - 1832 - 352 pages
...divinity is should be presented to the people in the sordid rags of the tongue ; nor that he, which speaks from the Father of languages, should deliver...embassage in an ill one. A man can never speak too well where he speaks not too obscure. Long and distended clauses are both tedious to the ear and difficult... | |
 | British and foreign young men's society - 1839 - 216 pages
...Divinity is, should be presented to the people in the sordid rags of the tongue ; nor that he which speaks from the Father of Languages should deliver...embassage in an ill one. A man can never speak too well, when he speaks not too obscure. Long and distended clauses, are both tedious to the ear, .and difficult... | |
 | United States - 1846 - 508 pages
...Divinity is, should be presented to tho people in the sordid rages of the tongue ; nor that he, which speaks from the Father of languages, should deliver...embassage in an ill one. A man can never speak too well, where he speaks not too obscure. Long and distended clauses are both tedious to the ear and difficult... | |
 | United States - 1846 - 524 pages
...Divinity is, should be presented to the people in the sordid rages of the tongue ; nor that he, which speaks from the Father of languages, should deliver his embassage in an ill one. Л man can never speak too well, where he speaks not too obscure. Long and distended clauses are both... | |
 | William Alfred Jones - English literature - 1847 - 322 pages
...Divinity is, should be presented to the people in the sordid rags of the tongue ; nor that he, which speaks from the Father of languages, should deliver...embassage in an ill one. A man can never speak too well, where he speaks not too obscure. Long and distended clauses are both tedious to the ear and difficult... | |
 | William Alfred Jones - American literature - 1857 - 306 pages
...Divinity is, should be presented to the people in the sordid rags of the tongue; nor that he, which speaks from the Father of languages, should deliver...embassage in an ill one. A man can never speak too well, where he speaks not too obscure. Long and distended clauses are both tedious to the ear and difficult... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - English prose literature - 1894 - 638 pages
...by the inculcation of their vain tautologies. I see no reason why so high a princess as divinity is should be presented to the people in the sordid rags'...the senses and the understanding. I love not those cart -rope speeches. which are longer than the memory of man can fathom. I see not but that divinity,... | |
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