| John Seely Hart - 1891 - 412 էջ
...might be said." Here the arrangement prevents the possibility of mistake. " By greatness, I do not onty mean the bulk of any single object, but the largeness of a whole view."— Addison. Here, "only" is so placed as to qualify " mean," and might raise the question, What alse does... | |
| James H. Bryant - 1892 - 244 էջ
...Thales was not only famous for his knowledge of nature, but for his moral wisdom. 10. By greatness, I do not only mean the bulk of any single object, but the largeness of a whole view. — Addison. 11. The result is not pleasant to us only because it fulfills our predictions, but because... | |
| Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton - 1892 - 120 էջ
...arranged the contents of this new issue of The Queen's English under the parts of speech." " By greatness, I do not only mean the bulk of any single object, but the largeness of a whole view." " The salt-merchants, the grocers, the confectioners, conspired together to adulterate the articles... | |
| John Franklin Genung - 1893 - 358 էջ
...rough, owing to the digging down and wearing away by rains of the road. By greatness I do not.^j1ly, mean the bulk of any single object, but (the/ largeness of a whole view considered as one entire Julian takes his experience in life in a myself. Afflicted by famine, and... | |
| John Franklin Genung - 1895 - 360 էջ
...rough, owing to the digging down and wearing away Jay fains of the road. \vj' i / a- i By greatness f do not only mean the bulk of any single object, but the largeness of a whole view considered as one entire piece. °L^T. ^-> Northumberland was the most extensive of any Anglo-Saxon... | |
| A. Meserole - 1896 - 450 էջ
...it gives us, as any of these three qualifications are most conspicuous and prevailing. By greatness, I do not only 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 champaign country, a vast uncultivated... | |
| John Duncan Quackenbos - 1896 - 492 էջ
...misplacing such adverbs as only, always, etc. In this sentence from the " Spectator," — " By greatness, I do not only mean the bulk of any single object, but the largeness of a whole view," — only, as it stands, modifies the verb mean, as if the author intended to say he did something more... | |
| George Gregory Smith - 1898 - 316 էջ
...derived, O No, 412, [ADDISON,] Monday, June 23, Divisum sic breve fiet opus,—Mart, By Greatness, I do not only mean the Bulk of any single Object, but the Largeness of a whole View, con,' sidered as one entire Piece, Such are the Prospects of an open Champian Country, a vast uncultivated... | |
| Bryant & Stratton Commercial School (Boston, Mass.) - 1902 - 242 էջ
...Thales was not only famous for his knowledge of nature, but for his moral wisdom. 10. By greatness, I do not only mean the bulk of any single object, but the largeness of a whole view. — Addison. 11. The result is not pleasant to us only because it fulfills our predictions, but because... | |
| George Earle Merkley - 1902 - 336 էջ
...also help. 2. Because we neither know the nature of our own ideas nor of the soul. 3. By greatness I do not only mean the bulk of any single object, but also the largeness of the whole view. II. 1. He gave me not only advice but also help. 2. Because we... | |
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