This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 Excerpt: ...possessed of all the high spirits and happy insouciance an English word would be better which can only charm at that early period. 'The Spirit of Laws ' was only completed when the author was sixty years of age. The first two named only ascended to the summit. The river could only be distinguished from the ocean by its ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 Excerpt: ...possessed of all the high spirits and happy insouciance an English word would be better which can only charm at that early period. 'The Spirit of Laws ' was only completed when the author was sixty years of age. The first two named only ascended to the summit. The river could only be distinguished from the ocean by its calmness and discoloured water. Speculative truth is pursued only for the sake of intellectual activity. The crown can be worn only by a Protestant. I only spoke a very few words. These practices are only discontinued through the neglect and degeneracy of later times. 193. When words are used correlatively, care should be taken that they come before the words compared, contrasted, or emphasised. As will be seen by the following examples, each member of the pair should come before the same part of speech. Not... but. The wise ruler aims not Preposition at the punishment of offenders but Preposition at the prevention of offences. Kol., . but only. He strove not Infinitive to punish offenders, but only Infinitive to prevent offence. Not only... but also.... Providing for honest things not only Preposition in the sight of the Lord but also Preposition in the sight of men.... Unto whom not only Pronoun = Noun I give thanks but also Noun with Adjectives qualifying it all the churches of the Gentiles. Not only... but. The Greek language had obtained such a vogue in Rome itself that all the great and noble were not only ' obliged to learn it but were ambitious everywhere to speak it. Not merely... but. They will interest also not merely children but grown-up persons. Not more... than. They seem to me necessary to the accuracy not more of the extracts than of the portrait I seek to give of the writer. Both... and. The king was weak both in body and in ...
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