 ... to form and maintain, as far as practicable, an English standard of writing and pronunciation, cor1 S. Longfellow, Life of HW Longfellow, L, 87. • Philadelphia, 1827. ' Literary and Scientific Hopository, ii., 83. rect, fixed, and uniform, throughout...  On the Development of American Literature from 1815 to 1833: With Especial ... - Sida 31efter William B. Cairns - 1898 - 87 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1821 - 502 sidor
...individuals in Great Britain, who may be disposed to join us in an exertion to improve our common language. " The objects of such an institution which directly...an English standard of writing and pronunciation, correct, fixed, and uniform, throughout our extensive territory. Connected with this, and according... | |
 | 1896 - 888 sidor
...why should not thia distinction fall to Boston, or New York, or Cincinnati, or any other poetoffice where an aspiring poet chanced to get his mail? The...an English standard of writing and pronunciation, cori S. Longfellow, Life of HW Longfellow, i. , 37. 1 Philadelphia, 1827. > Literary and Scientific... | |
 | 1901 - 484 sidor
...literature, must have a center of culture ; and why should not this distinction fall to Boston, or ISTew York, or Cincinnati, or any other postoffice where...pronunciation, cor1 S. Longfellow, Life of HW Longfellow, L, 87. • Philadelphia, 1827. ' Literary and Scientific Hopository, ii., 83. rect, fixed, and uniform,... | |
 | Richard M. Hogg, Norman Francis Blake, John Algeo, R. W. Burchfield - 1992 - 676 sidor
...launched in New York City with John Quincy Adams as its president. Among its lofty objectives was the goal "to form and maintain, as far as practicable, an English standard of writing and speaking" (cited by Read 1 936, 1 1 52). Other academies have also come and gone, including the American... | |
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