Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-08-10
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from a field which Dean Trench has cultivated
with such decided success. The copy before US
belongs to the tenth thousand, which gives proof
that, in England, his effort has not been wholly
unappreciatei. The book consists Of desultory
remarks on spelling, grammar, punctuation
&c. and will afford many useful hints 70 nine
terths Of all who write and speak the English
language. At the same time It viii not do to
give implicit faith to all that the Dean says for
not seldom he defends as gross blunders as those
which be ccrrects, For instance, he occupies
two pages with a indication Of that very com
mon solecism, '.these kind, those Sort and
..must confess that the phrase this sort Of thing
has a very awkward sound" WesupPOse every
BODY knows that it is easy to cite instances Of
this erroneous phraseology from Bacon, Shlks-
pere, Pope. and others Of the English classics;
but We never thought 10 see a serious attempt TO
Justify the blunder on such ground
Afford holds that the phrase at i me- is
preferable to the grammatical one, ''i' Is L'' A
half dozen pages are given to a defense Of this
yulgsrism.
He Is greatly exercised because certain
people %. across the Atlantic AID some
IN England, persist is spelling hoHor,
taryr. &c, without the o., and
to strengthen his OWL prot est cites the hope ez-
pressed by Archjeaeon Hare, that ''such ebon-
nations would herceforth be confined TO the
cards Of the srea, vulgar" Win the authors
and dictionary makers Of tn Is country avoid this
sign ofl5x bresiing in future, Hare himself IS
wonderful purist witness fen specimens Of
the heterogr apbles n which all bis works
abound. lie everywhere writes E1yiistt Tor
EugIi,hei, cougst for e-ushci, foreis tr fol-
efrn, sc. He has even invented new Ioss-s-
sive, which no one else uses, even though it has
net been patented e. 2. Forss attempt FIR
Fox's attempt. Such Is the consistent c5lserva-
iou Of the man who IS Lorr.f4I at cur 5uis=iou
q the aris.ocratic O..
Most people undoubtedly consider the Use Of
Which, referring to persons, IN our English
scriptures, to De simply one among many anti
. suatad forms Of speech occurring it the veHerl-
F ted version Of hing james. But cur critic enters
. into nice metaphysical discussion 90 show the
. special reason flr using iiel rather than a.5
in ..Our Father which All Il heaven" 1t
teaches Us. lie says that .,he relation Of FstAer
/ ~ which be stands &c us, Is not az certify bit
. a heavenly oue,'' 1c. But here, as elsewhere,
the Deans rAil-s1I h.ziag i- Ar loo subtle Hr
our palmer seus-.
Our author is Of opinion that Il hal rather
f. be- is wrong, though why he does --- choose 70
de.,ud 1t Oh the same gruual on which be con-
tends for these lind .li .'t IS me, we
can 20, conjecture. He irf-us Us, however,
that ILaa tcis not good English; ye, in az
other work Of his now lying before us, We find
the phrase had batter Be: 60 that his s-lnr,e
teaches what lis precept condemns.
This IS the case also IL regard to az. the dean
would have In his shcr, rule fir the division
e voris in printing. He tells Is that 81 tie
break should be - made, as 20 le, tie res line
begin with q ccusoHaat.'' A very simple d-rac-
ton certainly, Il only it were correct Bat We
open an English copy q oas q Lis v-1ls-iAe
pro,tshests q which We may suppose 10 have
passed under his own eye-azd ind such
divisions as these; repentance, morning. die
tiou-aries. audience. saan ve j. as NJ. Al
ford says. or as he does.
lie kindly Informs US hat " to eui.lvaar
uy-,lL'' i- 70 c5-si5.r zysslf i- duty i5-az
THIS sssursily it does nct mean; and We, a
dean should be supposed conpstsn. 20 evTo1rd
the words Of the Prayer Book
He defends the words s-i yecfirs and q is-t.re
against the ri5ieule which has been So a uulaut-
" poured on them Of late; and this Is the way
in which he sheds light On The subject Il
the phrase, C fsaUul tsart, We use fearful IL
its o. je-.ire sense, as describing quality IL
hereat in the sutjee, Of tie sentence What
sentence p; \ tie phrase q fer-Fal height, We
use fearful in its o5jertirs sense, as describing
| O. gFt-. produced on those rt0 arc the o. e-ts
/ Contemplated i'' BlrioIrh c. I'D net DO better.
Ne man need ever ak again what objective
means
L viii he gathered from what We have said
that We do not think the book to Re nearly 50
good SIS !, ought to be. Whsteyer may be Dean
| Alfri's attainmeuts as Grecisn, he certainly
has great deal yet to Learn in regard to bis
mother tongue. We trust he VIII put himself
in the way to learn IT, before he again volunteers
to lecture Us on cur speaking and spelling. In
the course Of this work, he boasts his ignorance
/ Of English grammsIlans and writers on rhetoric,
and makes coed his boast BY his own faulty
rhetoric, and frequent violation Of the acknovl-
edged laws Of the language.
What the erudue dean thinks Of us Occiien-
tll barbariaus. viii be sufficiently set forth b.
/ quoting a single sentence in which he makes
use Of the American nation and people TO point
his moral. lie speaks Of "the process Of dete-
riora,ion which the Queens English has under
gone at cur hands; and then adds with fine
Rhetorical, and we doubt not, unaffected inlig-
nation; "look at those phrases which so arnuse
Us in their speech sai books; At their reckless
exsggerati5n, and contempt Tor eongruity; and
then compare the character and history Of the
nation-its blun;ed sense Of moral obligation
and duty 10 man; its open disregard Of CONVEX
iional right where aggrandizsment Is to be Oh
tanned; and, may now say, It's reckless and
TRuITLEss maintenance Of the most cruel and
unprineirled war in the history Of the world
Such examples as this msy serve to show that
language is no trife."
So false grammar leads TO war, and war brings
in more slang, and thus We 90 on forever from
bad to worse Is it strange that the deans
| don't Ike Us,
GEo. FRANCIS Trim He Is large-head-
/ ed, full ehested, well-made man, with curly
hair and a very loud voice. He was born in
Boston, educated at Cambridge, entered
| Commerce at Australia, and started street.
railways in Great Britain, hurrahed for
/ Fremont at the Cleveland Convention.
abused President lincoln or-ra ceousiv