Litchfield enquirer., 1863-08-27
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 Tho ssooad branch sf the subject Involves . consideration of words vhieh are proper in themselves. but which are often improperly used.
 AnonR these is beside as an adverb: . use of the word which, besidss being impropsr. has ths disaerseable effect on ones nerves that is |slvays prodncsd by sa aasctstion of nsasnsss or prsttinsss in style. 0ur lexicographers ars npeh b blams oa this peiat: they hass nys- tiasd instead of explainipg it Bssids is . proposition meaning erisnslB dy fs sids sf; |se, @ A
 Il The lsysly 4TAais siis Ssssds tAss;'s and usags has modified, or extsndsd, this meaning to oss; sidts or, osa ef ths sgslr sapsFses as, ~s
 D sIt ia bsddt ny present. business to pursus the minor points of the azsumsnt.s
 And it has been further modified to oss o. Isr, n stdas cf deviation .tsom ., Paul, thou art bessds tbysslfs ,a Assin. 6esidss. (vith the final s) is also : psspsaition, meaning in addition so as
 And 6esides all this. between us and you tleFe is . great gulf fixed"
 And, finally, besides is an adysrb. meaning sorsoesr; e, sss
 Set you down this; .ss5
 And say, 6sajdss. that in Aleppo, once,
 Where malignant and | turbaned Turk" assa etc.
 The sum of the matter is, then, that 5ssids is asvays . proposition andosys proposition i: besides, meaning ia addition so, is also prep osition; but when it means asOrsOps, t is an sdyerh. Hence, the use of besids ss n ad- yerb is an error, and all the worse for coming andsr the suspicion of an attempt t prak writing. K;
 The word lzdy as . substituts for spits, is . snobbish yulgasism, which must have ongina- ted with hotel book-keepsr: MT. and Mrs. Somebody arrived as the hotsl, and the clerk recorded their names in she rsgistsr, t MT. Somebody and lady." Tho word viits, as Cs- sar says of the polar star. sa6 ssaas
 .' Has no fellow h ths frmamsnt.' ''a m 2 It has neither synonyme nor substitute {: and any attempt to fabricats either iss sart of rhilelogical anront to the original.
 On the other hand, lady is, to certain ex- tent, interchangeable with ,Ooman. .Asa de scripsive term, it serves te discriminate be- tween the srders of soeiety j; and, so fir forth, it indicates position. cultivation, refinement. Tot it is by no means the superior word. For example. "a s <. Oh. poman, in our hours of ease,
 Unosrtain. coy. and hard to pleassi
 When pain and sickness rend the brow,
 A ministering angel thoup
 And in Portias reply to Brutus Julius Ca sar]-- , Brsss. You are my true and honorable wife: 1:
 That visit this sad heart.
 Rsssis.-H this were tr1s, then should know ~ 8Yig thfa secret. K sesa ! grant am voMas; but, wtthal
 \ wossan that Lord Brutus took to wife. -s IgrAnt am Wossaj but, wfthal, \ ss1aa well sspnted Cato's daugh- {. r'':s s, sss, n ss .'''.s'' 'A.e v Y
 Delng sc fathared And % huahapdsdl
 In cases Ike those, sady would makebus : sorry 6gnre in substitution for yoman. But then in tho case of tho othar Portia. lMvchant ef Nn;csl ssonan would fare quite q. indif- fsrently = sss gs
 Whsnll did arss impars ny love to you. 3 isseiy told yss. all tho wealth. had
 Ran inMy vsine: Iwas . gentleman
 And.then told yoa true. And yet. dsas
 Rating myself n nothing, you shall see
 How much I was braggart.
 - Ys had, thsa. that in : personal addrsas. = in Bassanio's instancs, lady is the indispsnsa- bls word i; and t il also indispensable q : d. sciptvs and discsininating term. But q ths sysoayns q vits, itis n unxarsatabls and dsprssissiag yalsarism, quite unbseOning sd- usaasd people.
 Cbspls, ss tho synonyBs of tsss. is : mars di@cnk Mhject than l0dy, because t nee the suppoet Of much older and more general. ifnot higher, authority. Bnt such . use of the word is, equally with tho other. | corruption of lsn- kuaes. Tho nom, couple. is necessarily the sssult Of tho verb, to couple: the act Of coap- ling prscedes the fact of being coupled i; and shsrsfors the meaning of the noun depends on tho meaning q the verb. The vsrb, etymo- |logically and xicosraphinslly, means to l;nk, eksis, Jassea, or eonseet one thing uith sn- |etAsr; and thsse signifcations proyids for n posaibjs casss Of ssso isissd. Any tso.s on bsIhs joiusd, bsoomea ea.spssI aud aoy txo |ae jo;aed. ars sot . couple. Certain osher |~orda n ussd ip sO1t pf tsohnical lense, to |ignify two segefhrs or tro alitss hnt not nc. sssassjly ssiss6 ., pairs : 5rdes. yoEs, |and (Ia Amsuicsp Engliah, referring to hors- |es) . spss, Thsss words in their sppsopli- |afe connsxicns, sll dsaigHate tMO tklnds hsy- |ine sonsshiug h eounen. YehsV VhiIs thsss Sseas TT nns q shieh necsssszily iavolyss tks isct of swo sniie5--ase slNays .alsd dis. euimianlsly nd nsssr ss the Hlsre 1vnosyps