The King's English - Softcover

Fowler, Henry Watson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1150724102 ISBN 13: 9781150724107

Publisher: General Books LLC, 2012

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1906. Excerpt: ... If I am refused the Sacrament I do not believe that I shall have less chance of entering the Kingdom of God than if I received such Sacrament. Daily Telegraph. But when it comes to us following his life and example, in all its intricate details, all will, I think, agree that such is impossible.--Daily Telegraph. An appeal to philanthropy is hardly necessary, the grounds for such being so self-evident.--Times. ... such a desire it should be the purpose of a Unionist Government to foster; but such will not be attained under the present regime in Dublin. --Times. ... regaling themselves on half-pints at the said village hostelries.-- Borrow. Having read with much interest the letters re 'believe only' now appearing in the Daily Telegraph . ..--Daily Telegraph. He ruined himself and family by his continued experiments for the benefit of the British nation.-- Times. 60. Pet Phrases Vivid writers must be careful not to repeat any conspicuous phrase so soon that a reader of ordinary memory has not had time to forget it before it invites his attention again. Whatever its merits, to use it twice (unless deliberately and with point) is much worse than never to have thought of it. The pages below are those of Green's Short History (1875). The temper of the first [King George] was that of a gentleman usher. p. 704. Bute was a mere court favourite, with the abilities of a gentleman usher. p. 742 'For weeks', laughed Horace Walpole, ' it rained gold boxes'. p. 729. 'We are forced to ask every morning what victory there is', laughed Horace Walpole. p. 737. The two following passages occur on pp. 6 and 81 of The Bride of Lammermoor (Standard Edition). In short, Dick Tinto's friends feared that he had acted like the animal called the sloth, which, having eaten up the last green leaf upon the tree wh...

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About the Author:

Fowler was for 17 years a teacher at Sedbergh School. He then lived and worked in London as a freelance writer for four years, before going to Guernsey to form a remarkable successful writing partnership with his brother Francis. Described by one of his pupils at Sedbergh as 'a man of great fastidiousness (moral and intellectual)', Fowler was a private scholar and keen sportsman, living a simple life in Guernsey, yet his remarkable guide to English usage has become one of the most celebrated reference books of the twentieth century.

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