A Proposal for Correcting, Improving, and Ascertaining the English Tongue (1712) [ Concepts ]
… who, among many other qualifications of an excellent prince, was a great patron of learning. From the civil war to this present time, I am apt to doubt whether the corruptions in our language have not at least equalled the refinements of it; … to some new word, and propagate it in most conversations though it had neither humour nor significancy. If it struck the present taste, it was soon transferred into the plays and current scribbles of the week, and became an addition to our …
Corruption | Eloquence
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