| Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 páginas
...participles ; becanse, in reality, all things imaginable are but nouns. The other was a scheme for entirely abolishing all words whatsoever ; and this was urged...advantage in point of health as well as brevity ; for, it ifa plain, that every word we speak is in some degree a diminution of our lungs by corrosion, and consequently... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1881 - 842 páginas
...advantage in point of health as well :is brevity ; for, it ia plain, that tivery word WTJ spoak Id in sonv: degree a diminution of our lungs by corrosion, and...our lives. An expedient was therefore offered, that siuc-J words arc only names for things, it would be more convenient for alt men to curry about them... | |
| Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1884 - 460 páginas
...because in reality all things imaginable are but nouns. The other project was a scheme for entirely abolishing all words whatsoever; and this was urged...word we speak is, in some degree, a diminution of our lung? by corrosion, and consequently contributes to the shortening of our lives. An expedient was therefore... | |
| Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - 1884 - 458 páginas
...because in reality all things imaginable are but nouns. The other project was a scheme for entirely abolishing all words whatsoever ; and this was urged as a great advantage in point of health, us well as brevity. For it is plain that every word we speak is, in some degree, a diminution of our... | |
| John Daniel Morell - 1885 - 530 páginas
...because, in reality, all things imaginable are but names. The other project was a scheme for entirely abolishing all words whatsoever, and this was urged...speak is, in some degree, a diminution of our lungs by corrosion,11 and consequently contributes to the shortening of our lives. An expedient was therefore... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1902 - 860 páginas
...because, in reality, all things imaginable are but nouns. The other was a scheme for entirely abolish ing from aiarice, her friendship from partiality, her...of beauty, the desire of admiration, the jealousy livts. An expedient was therefore offered, that since worU are only names for things, it would be more... | |
| D.C. Heath and Company - 1903 - 360 páginas
...participles; because, in reality, all things imaginable are but nouns. The other was a scheme for entirely abolishing all words whatsoever; and this was urged...great advantage in point of health as well as brevity. An expedient was therefore offered, that since words are only names for things, it would be more convenient... | |
| 1903 - 360 páginas
...participles ; because, in reality, all things imaginable are but nouns. The other was a scheme for entirely abolishing all words whatsoever ; and this was urged...great advantage in point of health as well as brevity. An expedient was therefore offered, that since words are only names for things, it would be more convenient... | |
| 1907 - 264 páginas
...participles; because, in reality, all things imaginable are but nouns. The other was a scheme for entirely abolishing all words whatsoever; and this was urged...great advantage in point of health as well as brevity. An expedient was therefore offered, that since words are only names for things, it would be more convenient... | |
| 1922 - 260 páginas
...breed of naked sheep throughout the Kingdom. A third had contrived a plan to entirely abolish words; and this was urged as a great advantage in point of...brevity. For it is plain that every word we speak is an injury to our lungs, by corrosion, and consequently contributes to the shortening of our lives.... | |
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