The Quarterly Review, Volume 286William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero John Murray, 1948 |
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Page 179
... Cant , it must never be forgotten , is a vocabularly , a glossary , not a language with a syntax of its own . It does not trouble to find words for ' a ' and ' the , ' ' to ' and ' from , ' ' is ' and ' have ' the small , insignificant ...
... Cant , it must never be forgotten , is a vocabularly , a glossary , not a language with a syntax of its own . It does not trouble to find words for ' a ' and ' the , ' ' to ' and ' from , ' ' is ' and ' have ' the small , insignificant ...
Page 180
... cant particularly , to the United States , yet ever since the 1850's the American debt to Britain has , in cant at least , been equally noteworthy . But whereas the American and the Colonial cants have always been , in the main ...
... cant particularly , to the United States , yet ever since the 1850's the American debt to Britain has , in cant at least , been equally noteworthy . But whereas the American and the Colonial cants have always been , in the main ...
Page 181
... cant has ( thus far ) been ignored . The most valuable dictionary for British cant had , until 1937 , been Farmer and Henley's ( 1890-1904 ) ; and until 1942 the best dictionary for American cant was Godfrey Irwin's , 1931. The two ...
... cant has ( thus far ) been ignored . The most valuable dictionary for British cant had , until 1937 , been Farmer and Henley's ( 1890-1904 ) ; and until 1942 the best dictionary for American cant was Godfrey Irwin's , 1931. The two ...
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JANUARY 1948 | 1 |
Spain versus Russia | 2 |
India and the Middle East | 3 |
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