 upon the established system, if an accidental custom may be so called, as a mass of anomalies, the growth of ignorance and chance, equally repugnant to good taste and to common sense.  The History of Greece - Page viiby Connop Thirlwall - 1855Full view - About this book
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1876 - 832 pages
...inveighed against our established system, if the result of custom and accident may be called system, as a mass of anomalies, the growth of ignorance and chance, equally repugnant to good taste and common sense. But notwithstanding the good bishop's tirades, the British public never never will be... | |
 | 1867 - 454 pages
...the established system [of orthography,] if an accidental system 188 DAY- SCHOOL AFFAIES AND WOEK. may be so called, as a mass of anomalies, the growth...ignorance and chance, equally repugnant to good taste and common sense." The chief alteration adopted by Bishop Thirlwall, in conjunction with Archdeacon Hare,... | |
 | History - 1868 - 118 pages
...condition of English spelling : I look upon the established system, if an accidental custom may be HO called, as a mass of anomalies, the growth of ignorance...equally repugnant to good taste and to common sense. But I am aware that the public clings to these anomalies with a tenacity proportioned to their absurdity,... | |
 | Alexander John Ellis - English language - 1869 - 656 pages
...of spelling words,' a system which has been described by high authority as ' an accidental custom, a mass of anomalies, the growth of ignorance and chance,...equally repugnant to good taste and to common sense.' 6. A simplification of the orthography would do more to give the people the ability to read with intelligence... | |
 | Alexander John Ellis - English language - 1869 - 232 pages
...of spelling words,' a system which has been described by high authority as ' an accidental custom, a mass of anomalies, the growth of ignorance and chance,...equally repugnant to good taste and to common sense.' 6. A simplification of the orthography would do more to give the people the ability to read with intelligence... | |
 | Alexander John Ellis - English language - 1869 - 232 pages
...of spelling words,' a system which has been described by high authority as ' an accidental custom, a mass of anomalies, the growth of ignorance and chance,...equally repugnant to good taste and to common sense." thography so as to reduce the difficulties to a minimun, and to replace confusion and caprice by order... | |
 | Alexander John Ellis - English language - 1869 - 240 pages
...of spelling words,' a system which has been described by high authority as ' an accidental custom, a mass of anomalies, the growth of ignorance and chance,...equally repugnant to good taste and to common sense." 7. It is possible, by observing analogy and following precedent, without introducing any new letters... | |
 | Alexander John Ellis - English language - 1869 - 666 pages
...of spelling words,' a system which has been described by high authority as ' an accidental custom, a mass of anomalies, the growth of ignorance and chance, equally repugnant to good taste and to commun sense.' 6. A simplification of the orthography would do more to give the people the ability... | |
 | Francis Foster Barham - Bible - 1870 - 274 pages
...with what that great scholar the Bishop of St David's says of the common orthography : — " I look upon the established system, if an accidental custom...equally repugnant to good taste and to common sense. But I am aware that the public clings to these anomalies with a tenacity proportioned to their absurdity,... | |
 | Sir Isaac Pitman - English language - 1870 - 276 pages
...with what that great scholar the Bishop of St David's says of the common orthography : — " I look upon the established system, if an accidental custom...equally repugnant to good taste and to common sense. But I am aware that the public clings to these anomalies with a tenacity proportioned to their absurdity,... | |
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