...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,...

...illustrious author of the "History of Greece," says: "I look upon the established system of spelling (if an accidental custom may be so called) as a mass...ignorance and chance, equally repugnant to good taste and common-sense. But I am aware that the public cling to these anomalies with a tenacity proportioned...

...spelling how any given word ought to be pronounced." The learned Bishop of St. David's remarks, " I look upon the established system, if an accidental custom...equally repugnant to good taste and to common sense." " I hope," says Professor Max Miiller, " something will be done before long to reform the unhistorical,...

...THIRLWALL says: — " I look upon the established system of spelling, if an accidental custom may bo so called, as a mass of anomalies, the growth of ignorance...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,...

...language. The latter is characterised as " a labyrinth, a chaos, an absurdity, a disgrace to our age,"t and as " a mass of anomalies, the growth of ignorance and chance, equally repugnant to good taste and common sense. "J What a vicious creature this beautiful English language is represented to be by its...

...one man, the late Bishop Thirl wall, a man who never used exaggerated language. " I look," he says, " upon the established system, if an accidental custom...equally repugnant to good taste and to common sense. But I am aware that the public cling to these anomalies with a tenacity proportioned to their absurdity,...

...against our established system, if the result of custom and accident may be called system, as a mass oí 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...

...one man, the late Bishop Thirlwall, a man who never used exaggerated language. ' I look,' he says, ' upon the established system, if an accidental custom...equally repugnant to good taste and to common sense. But I am aware that the public cling to these anomalies with a tenacity proportioned to their absurdity,...

...statesman and novelist. Dr. Thirlwall said : — " I look upon the established system of spelling, if an accidental custom may be so called, as a mass...ignorance and chance, equally repugnant to good taste and common sense." Lord Lytton declared : — " A more lying, roundabout, puzzle-headed delusion than that...

...Thirlwall, the eminent historian of Greece, said : " I look upon the established system of spelling, if an accidental custom may be so called, as a mass...ignorance and chance, equally repugnant to good taste and common sense." Lord Lytton, the distinguished statesman and novelist, declared: *' A more lying, round-about,...