 | Hugh Blair - 1854 - 244 էջ
...? Its proper place is after the word object : ' By greatness I do not mean the bulk of any si ngle object only ;" for then, when it is asked, what does he mean more than the bulk of a single object 1 the answer comes out precisely as the author intends, " the largeness of a whole view." " Theism,"... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1857 - 464 էջ
...still it would have been wrong, for it might then be asked, " What is meant beside the bulk t " It it the color, or any other property? Its proper place...asked — What does he mean more than the bulk of * single object ? the answer cemes out precisely as the author intends, ' the largeness of a whole... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1858 - 466 էջ
...color, or any other property 1 Its proper place is after the word ibject. " By greatness, I do not meau the bulk of any single object only." For then, when...asked — What does he mean more than the bulk of .1 single object t the answer comes out precisely as the author intends, ' the largeness of a whole... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1861 - 470 էջ
...color, or any other property ? Its proper place is after the word ibject. " By greatness, I do not meau the bulk of any single object only." For then, when it is asked—What does he mean more than the bulk of * single object ? the answer comes out precisely as... | |
 | James McCrie - 1871 - 652 էջ
...should have l>een placed in a closer position to it. The sentence ought to have stood thus : — " By greatness, I do not mean the bulk of any single object only, but the largeness of the whole view." Attention should be given to exactness in the disposition of... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1872 - 188 էջ
...should be so placed, therefore, as to bring out this point, and that is done by placing it after " object." "By greatness, I do not mean the bulk of any single object only, but the largeness of a whole view." The rule, in such cases, is to place the adverb as near as possible... | |
 | Alexander Reid - 1872 - 174 էջ
...passions. 7. I was formerly engaged in that business, but I shall never be concerned in it again. 8. By greatness, I do not mean the bulk of any single object only, but the largeness of a whole view. 9. If Louis XIV. was not the greatest king, he was at least the... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1875 - 458 էջ
...color, or any other property ? Its proper place is after the word object. " By greatness, I do not meau the bulk of any single object only." For then, when...asked — What does he mean more than the bulk of * single object ? the answer comes out precisely as the author intends, ' the largeness of a whole... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1884 - 200 էջ
...very disgust it gives us, as any of these three qualifications are most conspicuous and prevailing. 2. By greatness, I do not mean the bulk of any single object, but the largeness of a whole view, considered as one entire piece. Such are the prospects of an open... | |
 | 1888 - 576 էջ
...that he did something besides meaning. The ambiguity may be removed by the following arrangement : " By greatness, I do not mean the bulk of any single object only, hut the largeness of a whole view." In common conversation, the tone and emphasis which we use in pronouncing... | |
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By greatness, I do not mean the bulk of any single object only." For then, when it is asked — What does he mean more than the bulk of a single object ? the answer conies out precisely as the author intends, " the largeness of a whole view. 
