 | 1827 - 640 pages
...literature ; by endeavours to fix the standard, as far as is practicable, and to preserve the purity of the English language ; by the critical improvement of...shall be approved of; by the assigning of honorary rewards to works of great literary merit, and to important discoveries in literature ; and by establishing... | |
 | Samuel Leigh - London (England) - 1827 - 646 pages
...as far as is practicable, and to preserve the purity of our language, by the critical improvement of lexicography; — by the reading, at public meetings,...publication of such of those papers as shall be approved of in the Society's Transactions; — by the assigning of honorary rewards to works of great literary... | |
 | John Feltham - 1829 - 620 pages
...as far as practicable, and to preserve the Purity of our Language by the critical Improvement of our Lexicography : • — By the reading, at Public Meetings, of interesting Papers on History^ Philosophy, Philology, and the Arts ; and the Publication of such of those Papers as shall be approved of in the... | |
 | Samuel Leigh - 1830 - 564 pages
...far as is practicable, and to preserve the purity, of our language, by the critical improvement of lexicography ;— by the reading, at public meetings,...publication of such of those papers as shall be approved of in the Society's Transactions ; — by the assigning of honorary rewards to wjrks of great literary... | |
 | Samuel Leigh - Architecture - 1834 - 594 pages
...far as is practicable, and to preserve the purity, of our language, by the critical improvement of lexicography ; — by the reading, at public meetings,...philology, and the arts, and the publication of such of tbose papers as shall be approved of in the Society's Transactions; — by the assigning of honorary... | |
 | American Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge - Education - 1837 - 118 pages
...to fix the standard, and to preserve the purity of our language ; — by the critical improvement of lexicography ; — by the reading at public meetings, of interesting papers on history, philosophy, philology, and the arts, and the publication of such of those papers as shall be approved of, in the... | |
 | Samuel Leigh (publisher.) - 1839 - 528 pages
...lexicograpby ; — by the reading, at public meetings, of interesting papers on history, philosopby, poetry, philology, and the arts, and the publication of such of those papers as shall be approved of in the Society's transactions ; — by the assigning of honorary rewards to works of great literary... | |
 | John Scandrett Harford - 1840 - 606 pages
...to fix, as far as is practicable, the standard of the English language, and to preserve its purity by the critical improvement of English Lexicography...history, philosophy, poetry, philology, and the arts ; by the publication of such of these papers as should be approved by the Council of the Society ;... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1843 - 614 pages
...literature ; by endeavoring to fix the standard, as far as practicable, and to preserve the purity of the English language, by the critical improvement of English...shall be approved of; by the assigning of honorary rewards to works of great literary merit, and to important discoveries in literature ; and by establishing... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - American periodicals - 1843 - 614 pages
...literature ; by endeavoring to fix the standard, as far as practicable, and to preserve the purity of the English language, by the critical improvement of English...publication of such of those papers as shall be approved of j by the assigning of honorary rewards to works of great literary merit, and to important discoveries... | |
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... by the assigning of honorary rewards to works of great literary merit, and to important discoveries in literature ; and by establishing a correspondence with learned men in foreign countries, for the purpose of literary inquiry and information. 
