| Joseph Haslewood - English literature - 1811 - 326 pages
...Southerne English is, no more is the far Westerne mas speach : ye shall therfore take the vsuall speach of the Court, and that of London and the shires lying about London within Ix. myles, and not much aboue. I say not this but that in euery sbyre of England there be gentlemen... | |
| Scotland - 1867 - 816 pages
...current as our Southern English is ; no more is the far Western man's speech. Ye shall, therefore, take the usual speech of the Court, and that of London,...about London, within sixty miles and not much above." All our greatest writers from the days of Shakespeare to our own have, consciously or unconsciously,... | |
| Lucy Aikin - Great Britain - 1818 - 544 pages
...current as our Southern English is ; no more is the far Western man's speech : ye shall therefore take the usual speech of the court and that of London and...about London within sixty miles and not much above. I say not this but in every shire of England there be gentlemen and others that speak, but specially... | |
| George Lillie Craik - English language - 1844 - 536 pages
...primitive languages ;" and he warns his readers that in some books were already to be found " many inkhorn terms so ill affected, brought in by men of learning,...gentleman pensioner, and perhaps also a cockney by birth. SCOTISH PROSE WRITERS. Before the middle of the sixteenth century a few prose writers had also appeared... | |
| American periodicals - 1867 - 854 pages
...current as our Southern English is ; no more is the far Western man's speech. Ye shall, therefore, take the usual speech of the Court, and that of London,...about London, within sixty miles, and not much above." All our greatest writers from the days of Shakspeare to our own. have, consciously or unconsciously,... | |
| James Eccleston - England - 1847 - 504 pages
...appeared in 1582, after similar lamentations, lays down as the correct rule for speech or writing, "the usual speech of the court, and that of London,...about London within sixty miles, and not much above." 7. In spite of these well meant efforts, however, a singular affectation, called Euphuism, at length... | |
| George Roberts - England - 1856 - 620 pages
...fashions. Puttenham, in his " Art of Poesie," lays down as the correct rule for speech or writing, " The usual speech of the Court and that of London,...about London within sixty miles, and not much above." The knights of Cornwall, in the reign of Edward II., claimed their expenses for seven days going to... | |
| Cheshire (England) - 1858 - 430 pages
...appeared in 1582) after similar lamentations, lays down as the correct rule for speech or writing, " the usual speech of the court, and that of London, and the shires lying above London within sixty miles, and not much above." The pedantic affectation in speech and writing... | |
| Shuttleworth family - England - 1858 - 440 pages
...appeared in 1582) after similar lamentations, lays down as the correct rule for speech or writing, " the usual speech of the court, and that of London, and the shires lying above London within sixty miles, and not much above." The pedantic affectation in speech and writing... | |
| George Lillie Craik - English language - 1862 - 578 pages
...primitive languages ;" and he warns his readers that in some books were already to be found "many inkhorn terms so ill affected, brought in by men of learning,...pensioner, and perhaps also a cockney by birth. SCOTTISH Pnosu WRITERS. Before the middle of the sixteenth century a few prose writers had also appeared in... | |
| |