New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-09-25

l. q II.
e. the association ty Shakespeare connection with II;
fer 10 the horr Of actors DC ]; spoken, Whatever may
b, tie pr fcseUnal jealouss Of the stsge-wnich 'ae
close and raLdia observer will ud neither lees nor
grvlirr than those Of the forum, the bar tr consult
ing-r,um, CT tie pulpt-there i ninung those "h"
IN, ri il q personal kudlness and areadness To SNARE
paiy ri IA uys and a.y lutte individual sorrvw- wh.ch
j. rui - apsrert anone the members Of other prurs
.iuLs Int il respect actor es clas-, Are no less
distl guisted than in spite Of their nprovidenoe and
ADDICTION 20 pleesure they are. aid ever have been,
hy their Freedom from those crimes winch send men 10
prIsui ar the gsicws
We quote few examples Of ingenious and salts
fsctoly verbal criticism.
rIoyED AND LILIED BRIMs.
And f-t meaas ,hs,eA,d With ,torri them u sesri
wki,h ,y,usy April a, ny best 6eIriu.s
TO make cold nymphs chss;e cro~ns
Slower coars. grass used for thn'ching Inc or
giusI text gives "liun.d and tvtlled brins, which
n ~, rodsrp editors would retain, because pionei
may mean " dug and "tw.d, " ridgrd, from the
Frsrch toaHsr; and this line only involved,
ties. words being 80 explained should stand. But
dur nrc ritped banks cannot - make cold nymphs
chaste crown" for those must go to poniei and
Ei,y bunk Stevens suggested ti!,ed Tor "twiled,
aid sustained Hammer in this Interpretation 81
"p;orcd." To Henleys objection shat pionies and
lines do rot bloom in April the following passage from
Lord Bacous Essay ~ Gardens il sufficient answer:
a. In ADrH follow the Double white Violet; The all
h,wcr. The Stoke Gilly-hower; The Cowslip, Tie
tlowrI .Dc-hces, aud Lilies of all Natures Rose
mary -nCwersi The Tuhppa: The D0aotcPioHy, &c.
LEAVE NOT RACK BEHIND.
Horne Took. in his Diversions Of Perley" Vol.
H. up So $50 has quoted numerous instances which
establish tbs position that rack - that which IL rekf,
a. steam yGlur, aud that the rack il the light feet
nl tody Of clouds which is highest in the atmosphere.
Iut Il u no follows that snch is the Specification
oftnc wore in the text. So rack place where
Law IL kept; tnt ProsDtro does not say that
there will n,t be h rack of that kind left. The wvrds
plainly tic zane as 8 wreck, which, when this play
nct srelIed hwrack." byce has pointed out two in.
surtes in which Milton so spelled in PARADISE Lo.l
g. 0 AL the reul.uti
At sst had gone 20 rgak-" b. iy. sal
"Aword devote to universal rack b. III s21.
This form If the word still survives to us in the
% rnse Gone to rack and ruin, AMI therefore the
ORTIZ, craphy Of tie original should net be changed.
Here l. nice bit of verbal analysis.
g. ana tcsides myself The unwarantable
custoln {" the dsy having made two words of beside
ard L. slcrs which are and the same in all re-
streets, tYceI slight terminal corruption in the lat
ter II j. proper 10 point out that DroHro says he is
be sue himself 6, 'disTacted; the idea that he IL
ar,thsr u an tnaU himself being conveyed by way Of
pur. ere is M more difference between beside
az 'h-siics' thai. between little way and its
rultioI. u little ways and the text should be
a an l,d t. beside, IT not that dong would
seen t0 recceLize distinction which does not exist,
ard Iefroy If the best and most accessible proofs
that iLcic bat word g., be de; thes having
b,eI nCf,T, uly used omitted in the Orthography
Ct II day when Shrkespeare's plays were written,
n q q at when Tie Bible was Translated. ST. he
...... Is huIuo-inad, aud talkcn Ike man besides
III self. Hollands Translation II Iiry Paul,
tlu besides II ysclf. Aes XVI. "A, editions Of
49,, 1897 ard l6ei."
his also Is good.
- to hear tell Of husband This form Of
speech, which Shakes care constantly puts into the
mouth al personIges # the highest rank, but which u
Lever Heard il Old England, except perhaps, IN
the reLotest rural tislcts is ~ common use IA NV
Ii GLAND The idcm is pure English. :" And yet |
siwe ~ that little time in Cite. more ibcrtie 70
siru, then eu.r beard tel Of in our noble Cite Of
Loud,p ia tx yeere." Ascham- Seteolemdster 4to,
l5s., fol. = u.
And here is a paragraph still better well
longer.
So such hackers Of orthography" &c.:-This
passage has ESPECIAL interest on account OF It's
testimony rs to the condition fOur language when
il g.s writer. Ia his ledagogish wrath, tive Pc
Galt "ts Us btow tLat cOnsuLdnts now silent were
then heed on tie lips OF purlsts Tat compound
words Iit-,rvrd the forms and sounds vt their ele-
ntLts, aud that vowes were pronounced more purely
ard opt rly than { " Tow The change from the
arccit t. what may be- called the modern pronunci4-
ton eppebr- 20 have begun among the more culti-
NuteG o. sses, just before Shakespeare commenced
liz Greer G,d ~ have been completed in the course
OF about ti'N year,. e, from about 1913 - about
10 j. AN fully aware of tie difficulty Of fixing limits
to sucl cLuL aLd 81 tie show Of reasOu with which
-
~ tl.rc were l,triods when our language bad irom
hong Al ll Saxon become successfully Semi-s4 xun
Oi1 II -Lsi, Middle English, and English, ~ there
was d the wneu tie principles upon which rested the
Luuciativu for which U0lot,rHes contends
loIg thought of, among that class Of people To whom
W. ook the best speakers of language, and when
l. zee wnicl yet guide us became IN vogue. WIKI r.
gard I" tie comp etIou Of THE change, the following
I1ssages n, n Charles Bntbrs ERgList GrQm rlar ar
he Lsltui,0f II Liter, SyldJies and Hords IN ne
Errf 81 IOHgue, sto. Oxford, ltlSj are decisive: in
them vii b. found tue very words which HoLOsraes
cie Another use If the letters is - show the de-
r.'ttion OF q WORD: namely when Wee keep letter
IL TIE "a .Natvt. Ac. Ako w.en Il letter not
s,uloes. n tie gsh is Yet written, becaus il in
tie language from wEeuo. t.e woori came: : in
Geti, ant en- Ceorgci IN de'sfgH, FegHc, retgR,
1src, 4 d. IhDap0', 0r'h0TTf So Introduction -
Aact hfo, Ac.l. n solss, &C., &c II. 81 81
after ard 1,iore J, e, X l. vuigary sonrd-i
Lhe e l. VT. tie a, HE tie dI ihong Az: before
e 81 :, L1lfj bet re AZ IN salr Gales kairs, &C.
q &C. n. le.l Butter Mater Of Arts If NJ az
ehrr oil ee, aAj hls Grammar l. d curious and valu-
al c.l II button 10 tse later history Ian uage
Iut tic is''latiCn q tie Es-L l.hinen Of New-En-
eishc' hiu or cothequei protection from exterior
ntuticts, cLused Changes III pronunciation, AS well
a. Ia ni'Il t. take pace inEc!i slowly agl,ng
IL, H. ihun al zig tl.r brethren who remained in h.
itiner county, aAd the ortsoepy tor which the
u! leotEi SDntss r. lot v.ry ar removed from,
l. NJ - tif -rnid'uthcIr 1nd rand i;Lers of the
IIrset lcAeIstrp IL the e.Iue stored parts Of
tie E.stern State. Tie scholBrs among ta.se, ~
We r those WHO bad received oLy that common
tchVl edrc6t,u winch 10 Yaukee /, all wei "a lick
oid not, IL irstnnoe in H0f,f-rnian pLra-- speak
ecEd and r0Hd tine, but Pronounced MI tie csr-o-
iafts, coaa ara S0aid, they -aIi sword, ~. sorei
tl,y irououLced lave o. rhyme with rave not
tn J,s'. which uscd a. be written Jcdsf ae1 10
Ihlr, with Yeast - pert which Of oil 1as spelled
PeGrf fsert; ana in cun pound words they .ail fir
irsiaice, cea ~, not oieg-y. ami correctly angel
,nsE -beT, ca:,er, n,t QHe-g!, etaE-f-Jer, dune
f". eir tecents yet nger il the ears OF some oi