 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - English language - 1861 - 626 pages
...primitive languages ;" and ho warns his readers that in some books were already to be found " many inkhon' terms so ill affected, brought in by men of learning,...gentleman pensioner, and perhaps also a cockney by birth. SCOTTISH PROSE WRITERS. Before the middle of the sixteenth century a few prose writers had also appeared... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - English language - 1861 - 624 pages
...Puttenham considers the best standard both for speaking and writing to be " the usual speech of tho court, and that of London and the shires lying about...gentleman pensioner, and perhaps also a cockney by birth. SCOTTISH PROSE WRITERS. Before tho middle of the sixteenth century a few pruso writers had also appeared... | |
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Saxon at this day, yet it is not so Courtly nor so currant as our Southerne English is: no more is the far Westerne mans speach. Ye shall therefore take the vsuall speach of the Court, and that of London and the shires lying about London within Ix. myles,... 
