What: "An adjective is like an infant in leading strings-it cannot go alone. It always requires to be joined to a substantive, of which it shows the nature or quality-as lectio longa, a long lesson; magnus aper, a great boar; pinguis puer, a fat boy; macer puer, a lean boy. In making love (as you will find 21 one of these days) or in abusing a cab-man, your success will depend in no small degree in your choice of adjectives."

Writer: Percival Leigh

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Date: Oct 8 2013 7:07 PM