 to the idea that clenches a writer's " meaning:—as it is not the size or glossiness " of the materials, but their being fitted each to " its place, that gives strength to the arch; or as " the pegs and nails are as necessary to the  Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tonguetekijä(t) Francis Grose, Pierce Egan - 1823 - 246 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 414 sivua
...pretension, but the adaptation of the expression to the idea that clenches a writer's meaning :—as it is not the size or glossiness of the materials,...arch; or as the pegs and nails are as necessary to the support of the building as the larger timbers, and more so than the mere shewy, unsubstantial ornaments.... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1854 - 1232 sivua
...pretension, but the adaptation of the expression to the idea that clenche* a writer's meaning :—as it is not the size or glossiness of the materials,...; or as the pegs and nails are as necessary to the -upport of tlir building as lite larger timbers, and mure so than the mere nhowy. uiuulwtantial ornaments.... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1869 - 504 sivua
...pretension, but the adaptation of the expression to the idea that clenches a writer's meaning :'—as it is not the size or glossiness of the materials,...; or as the pegs and nails are as necessary to the support of the building as the larger timbers, and more so than the mere showy, unsubstantial ornaments.... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1903 - 546 sivua
...quite pointless and irrelevant. It is not pomp or pretension, but the adaptation of the expression to the idea that clenches a writer's meaning:—as...; or as the pegs and nails are as necessary to the support of the building as the larger timbers, and more so than the mere shewy, unsubstantial ornaments.... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1903 - 538 sivua
...pretension, but the adaptation of the expression to the idea that clenches a writer's meaning :—as it is not the size or glossiness of the materials,...; or as the pegs and nails are as necessary to the support of the building as the larger timbers, and more so than the mere shewy, unsubstantial ornaments.... | |
 | G. Clifford Dent - 1914 - 312 sivua
...pretension, but the adaptation of the expression to the idea, that clenches a writer's meaning :—as it is not the size or glossiness of the materials,...; or as the pegs and nails are as necessary to the support of the building as the larger timbers, and more so than the mere showy, unsubstantial ornaments.... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - 1916 - 944 sivua
...quite pointless and irrelevant. It is not pomp or pretension, but the adaptation of the expression he hand that mocked support of the building as the larger timbers, and more so than [160 the mere showy, unsubstantial... | |
 | Rollo Walter Brown - 1921 - 398 sivua
...pretension, but the adaptation of the expression to the idea that clenches a writer's meaning: — as it is not the size or glossiness of the materials,...arch; or as the pegs and nails are as necessary to the support of the building as the larger timbers, and more so than the mere shewy, unsubstantial ornaments.... | |
 | 1922 - 570 sivua
...pretension, but the adaptation of the expression to the idea, that clenches a writer's meaning :—as it is not the size or glossiness of the materials,...; or as the pegs and nails are as necessary to the support of the building as the larger timbe'rs, and more so than the mere showy, unsubstantial ornaments.... | |
 | Carl Henry Grabo - 1927 - 544 sivua
...quite pointless and irrelevant. It is not pomp or pretension, but the adaptation of the expression to the idea, that clenches a writer's meaning:—as...arch; or as the pegs and nails are as necessary to the support of the building as the larger timbers, and more so than the mere showy, unsubstantial ornaments.... | |
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