| 单词 | common fault |
| 例句 | The most common fault is cork taint, a chemical problem with the cork that affects the flavor of the wine. Your cabernet smells like cabbage. Can it be saved? 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z Paul Najsarek, from the LGO, urged councils to "focus on learning from common faults and injustices" following a report into the 14 complaints in East Riding. Autistic man living on dog food denied support by East Riding Council 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z One common fault is setting up too far from the ball and extending the arms. Tiger Woods' best short-game tips - Golf Digest 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z A common fault in science communication is talking only to those who love science and thinking you have reached a wider audience. Top tips for getting your science out there 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Topics like hitting the ball solidly or fixing common faults or controlling wedge shots— plenty of short game, too. Two keys to help you roll every putt on line - Golf Digest 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z The Mets began to put together a rally in the fifth inning, scoring on a sacrifice fly by Jose Bautista, but were unable to turn the opportunity into anything more, a common fault this season. Mets Get Some Reinforcements, but Not a Win 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z A common fault is pulling the club back with the right hand. The Golf Swing In Two Moves - Golf Digest 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z Within these video lessons, you'll get explanations on the common faults found in different parts of the game. Learn Putting Distance Control to Eliminate Three-Putts - Golf Digest 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z One of the most common faults in science communication is talking to fans of science and thinking you have reached the wider community. Top tips for getting your science out there 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z TrackMan reveals the path your club is taking to the ball, but you don't need its confirmation to fix two common faults. 5-Minute Clinic: How To Keep It Old School In A High-Tech World - Golf Digest 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z In pro-ams, probably the most common fault I see is guys standing up at impact. Rickie Fowler: Start Hitting It Great Tee to Green - Golf Digest 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z It keeps the hands from "hitting from the top," a common fault. Put Your Swing On Automatic - Golf Digest 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z The second section fixes common faults in the long game. Learn Putting Distance Control to Eliminate Three-Putts - Golf Digest 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z Their common fault was that they believed they were better off without their father’s love — or perhaps they doubted the reality of that love altogether. REBECCA HAGELIN & KRISTIN CAREY: Father’s Day love, blessings on earth or heaven 2015-06-16T04:00:00Z Season assertively: If there is one common fault with vegetable soups, it's timidity in seasoning, particularly salt. Vegetable soup: Simple, delicious and a nice break from holiday fare 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z The common fault in the thinking of many entrepreneurs is that revenues will only be driven by the sales team, and the sales team alone. Create An "Everyone Sells" Culture 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z Manhattan Pastor Faces Up to Drug Dealers, With Prayer and a Petition The threatening letter opened with a misspelling, a common fault of the genre. About New York: Manhattan Pastor Faces Up to Drug Dealers, With Prayer and a Petition 2013-06-19T01:34:14Z Perhaps he wouldn't be singled out like this if he learned how to hit the ball too well – the common fault of every drilled shot that goes straight down the keeper's throat. What are the most annoying clichés in modern football? – open thread 2013-01-07T13:24:00Z To say something is a common fault is plainly, to the call centre, the definitive answer. Sorry is no longer the hardest word 2012-11-16T08:29:01Z Another common fault was negligence in the matter of confession and communion. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z It is a common fault that books of the greatest interest and value in the original are oftenest butchered or made ridiculous by a clumsy translator. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z We found it the common fault of Greek scientific thought that it took more satisfaction in an ingenious argument upon a pseudo-fact than in a solid conclusion based upon plain observation and reasoning. The English Novel And the Principle of its Development 2012-03-21T02:00:37.123Z It is the common fault and temptation of servants in all degrees to observe the master’s eye, and to work busily or slackly as they are watched or not. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z Sweetly, apologetically, they explain: it is a common fault. Sorry is no longer the hardest word 2012-11-16T08:29:01Z The keeping of pet animals here, as in England, was a common fault and one against which Rigaud’s animadversions were singularly unsuccessful. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z It is a common fault of the very young to indulge in dialectics at inappropriate seasons. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler A Romance 2012-01-26T03:00:17.027Z It may be important here to notice a common fault in the method frequently adopted by philosophers in their investigations in this department of mental science. Doctrine of the Will 2012-01-22T03:00:26.997Z This was a common fault with Messageries boats in those days. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z He will see that the whole has arisen from one common fault—the ignorance and credulity of mankind. An Address to Men of Science Calling Upon Them to Stand Forward and Vindicate the Truth.... 2011-12-24T03:08:05.883Z Carelessness in the performance of the monastic hours was an exceedingly common fault during the later middle ages and often finds a place in episcopal injunctions. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z "A common fault with men of my profession, I fear," he replied with a decision that had its attraction. The Outcaste 2011-12-12T03:00:25.380Z The most common fault found in an old lamp is in the cord, but sometimes the switch or the wiring in the lamp is bad. Electricity for the 4-H Scientist Idaho Agricultural Extension Service Bulletin 396, June, 1962 2011-11-18T03:00:30.487Z It is true I have looked with a certain coolness on religious practices, but you ought to know just as well that this is a common fault among young men, and particularly among the military.... The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z Sundry other common faults may be specified, and the best mode of dealing with them by coaches supplied. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z A common fault of the 5-ton truck today is the overweight of the front end, which is too heavy for the width of tire on the front wheels. Motor Truck Logging Methods Engineering Experiment Station Series, Bulletin No. 12 2011-09-10T02:00:27.273Z A common fault is to make them too short, especially when the four hooks of a sixty-fourth note have to be added. How to Write Music Musical Orthography 2011-09-01T02:00:19.133Z A common fault is to use as the subject of a passive construction a noun which expresses the entire action, leaving to the verb no function beyond that of completing the sentence. A Foreword to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition 2011-08-20T02:00:13.567Z Instead of saying "a not uncommon fault," it is clearer at first sight if you say "a common fault," or "a fairly common fault." The Lure of the Pen A book for Would-Be Authors 2011-07-26T02:00:15.573Z Bending the arms prematurely is a common fault. Boating 2011-09-21T02:00:35.453Z This is a common fault in the narratives of ignorant men and in languages and dialects of a lower grade. The Philosophic Grammar of American Languages, as Set Forth by Wilhelm von Humboldt With the Translation of an Unpublished Memoir by Him on the American Verb 2011-07-08T02:00:18.037Z A common fault is in not making them thick enough. How to Write Music Musical Orthography 2011-09-01T02:00:19.133Z The thesis play or the problem play, which have been so current in the last few years, have brought into special prominence a common fault in so-called dramatic dialogue. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z Certainly this is not a common fault with Cod. A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. 2011-06-30T02:00:31.117Z But a common fault in perspective is not to be so passed by. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume II 2011-05-22T02:00:17.943Z A common fault seems to be to mumble hurriedly over names—a very bad fault, indeed, as it leaves the strangers in ignorance as to each other's identity. Book of Etiquette Volume I 2011-04-28T02:00:13.993Z Of this common fault, President Edwards has been guilty. An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will 2011-04-14T02:00:52.727Z This has been found to be a common fault, and the general effect is to delay drying in spite of the thinness of the rubber. The Preparation of Plantation Rubber 2011-03-09T03:00:40.870Z Let all your words be heard: it is a great and a common fault in English singers to be indistinct. Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z The common fault is to begin too soon. Rowing 2011-01-15T03:00:32.313Z The fine reds and blues are hurt by the use of too much green—a common fault at that time. Stained Glass Tours in England 2011-01-03T03:01:00.547Z It is a common fault in prayer to be content with a certain comprehension that abjures definiteness. With God in the World A Series of Papers 2010-12-20T17:12:19.523Z My insurance company, Quinn, replaced the bumper – or so I thought – but refuses to pay to fix the engine mounts, saying its engineer claims that this is a common fault. Car insurer Quinn will need more persuasion before it fixes engine mounts 2010-05-27T14:10:00Z The most common fault and cause of failure with this pass is that the nose of the ball is not kept up during the forward motion of the arm. The Forward Pass in Football Over-exposure is the most common fault of the beginner in photography. Harper's Round Table, July 23, 1895 This is a common fault among dogs hastily broken in the spring. The Dog "Jealousy is a very common fault in all of us, Betty," she said, "but I am sure you wouldn't like it if Jack were unhappy and fretting." The Children of the Top Floor But his style is undoubtedly of its own kind scholarly and excellent; the matter of his history suffers from the common fault of taking Niebuhr at too high a valuation. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) It is a common fault to mistake a mere knowledge of the heart for poetical talent. English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century “Blackening the background” is a common fault with story writers. Threads of Grey and Gold However, the governor resolved to act promptly and vigorously upon this first offence, and to avoid the common fault of Europeans, in confounding the guilty and the innocent together. Australia, its history and present condition containing an account both of the bush and of the colonies, with their respective inhabitants Train him to avoid a common fault acquired in colleges, of speaking louder than is necessary; have him speak loud enough to be understood; let there be no exaggeration in anything. Émile or, Concerning Education; Extracts Care should be exercised not to rub too hard, it being a common fault of the beginner to rub the paper too much, and produce a dirty effect. Crayon Portraiture Complete Instructions for Making Crayon Portraits on Crayon Paper and on Platinum, Silver and Bromide Enlargements A common fault, however, is the incorrect use of such words as and or but between sentences which are not closely related. Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses Although much has been said about the advisability of purchasing only what is really needed and can be worn before the styles change, it is a common fault of brides to buy too much. Nobody What are the two common faults with reference to synonymous words or synonyms? English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions “Quite right,” nodded Alex, “and a very common fault in mountain hunting.” The Young Alaskans on the Trail The common fault seems to be using too much flour. The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual Pulling is not such a common fault, although one which is sometimes very annoying. The Complete Golfer A very common fault with the compositions of young persons is that they begin big and end little. English: Composition and Literature The failure to repeat an accidental chromatic alteration in the same bar, the neglect of a tie, or an enharmonic interval with a tie are all common faults which mark careless performances. Great Pianists on Piano Playing Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression But he is ranked among the oscines, and seems to know it; and, after all, it is only the common fault of singers not to be able to detect their own want of tunefulness. Birds in the Bush He, however, committed that very common fault among our popular orators,—he talked too much. A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island, Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself. A common fault is that there is too much gas allowed to flow through the nipple, compared with the amount of air being drawn in at the air aperture, fig. Gas and Oil Engines, Simply Explained An Elementary Instruction Book for Amateurs and Engine Attendants This latter is a very common fault and is the cause of much good hose being spoiled. Making a Lawn It is a common fault of writers upon prosody that they set out to discover the laws of music without ever training their ears to apprehend music. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 Such common faults as wordiness, overstatement, faulty sentence structure and weak use of words are gradually corrected. The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 To ignore the importance of character and of the discipline that makes character is a common fault of modern philanthropy. Friendly Visiting among the Poor A Handbook for Charity Workers I do not know but I may be falling into the common fault of mak266ing a speech. A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 In this question he clearly exempts himself from the common fault and guilt of the race. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy A very common fault of diction results in what is called "fine writing." Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism The faults peculiar to each synod were lost, while only the common faults of them all remained. American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) It is a very common fault,—asserting a thing positively, when you do not know whether it is true or not. Caleb in the Country Even I, a common man with full measure of mankind's common faults and weaknesses, could hold Its clutch from me by right of the law that protects each in his place. The Thing from the Lake Knowledge and Action.—It is a common fault of our humanity, when not sunk too low in the scale of intellect, to seek knowledge rather than attempt any laborious application of it. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Their most common fault is overstatement or patronizing. The Book of Business Etiquette The administration of the Bureau of Education has shared too much the common fault of other departments of the government in a detached and lofty, not to say supercilious, attitude. Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled A Narrative of Winter Travel in Interior Alaska A very common fault in cutting a tube of about an inch in diameter is to leave it with a projecting point, as shown. On Laboratory Arts It is a common fault to break this rule by placing a short and unemphatic predicate at the end of a long sentence. How to Write Clearly Rules and Exercises on English Composition The common faults of attack in class-singing are sliding to the pitch instead of striking it accurately, and beginning to sing with the mouth still closed, or only partly open. The Child-Voice in Singing treated from a physiological and a practical standpoint and especially adapted to schools and boy choirs The ancient and the modern types of worldliness present an interesting difference which will serve to illustrate their common fault. The Moral Economy Mr. Vyner apologized, remarking that it was a common fault of young husbands to talk too much about their wives, and added, as an interesting fact, that he had only been married that afternoon. Salthaven In the 78th and 83d Numbers of the Idler, many common faults in conversation are exposed with a degree of humour, in which our great moralist did not very frequently indulge. Advice to a Young Man upon First Going to Oxford In Ten Letters, From an Uncle to His Nephew Excess of suspense is a common fault in boys translating from Latin. How to Write Clearly Rules and Exercises on English Composition Unaffected by foul air, the tungstate appears to possess the common fault of all whites when compared with white lead—want of body, moreover it is a bad dryer. Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists Most layettes have the common fault of being prematurely outgrown; and so it is well to allow for ample growth in making baby's first clothes. The Mother and Her Child This is also a very common fault, but is found in England and Germany also. Voice Production in Singing and Speaking Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged) It is a common fault with workmen to rub the bricks thinner behind than before to lessen the labour required to obtain a very fine face joint. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" It is a common fault to forget about the service of information once the action has begun. The Plattsburg Manual A Handbook for Military Training Genji was too bold to fear bystanders, a common fault with high personages, and coolly closed the door upon her saying, "She will soon return to you." Japanese Literature Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan You despise a heroine who is subject to the most common faults and failings. The Late Miss Hollingford Moore’s “Lallah Rookh” has too much western sentimentality for an Oriental romance, the common fault of most writers of such stories. Recollections of the late William Beckford of Fonthill, Wilts and Lansdown, Bath This is a very common fault, and a habit that is usually acquired before the teacher is aware of it. The Recitation If you are going to do that, don't put the shelter too close to the apple trees, which is a very common fault. Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 A very common fault lies in not estimating the value of a moment. A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister The remedy for this common fault of vocal tension is to relax all the muscles used in speech. Talks on Talking Eating too Fast.—A most common fault is eating too fast. First Book in Physiology and Hygiene This failure to state issues clearly and to support or refute them convincingly is one of the most common faults of all debating. Public Speaking The common fault of the Good Earnest People, as of most people, is that they can only conceive of doing good after a pattern which is congenial to themselves. The Quest of the Simple Life This is a very common fault with many steel traps and often defeats its very object. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making A very disagreeable and common fault is nasality, or "talking through the nose." Talks on Talking And the common faults in articulation, it should be remembered, take their rise from the very nursery. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader From this arise the common faults and failings in our music. Musicians of To-Day Why is monotony one of the worst as well as one of the most common faults of speakers? The Art of Public Speaking This is a very common fault of beginners and it is fatal to becoming a marksman. Outdoor Sports and Games This is a common fault which should be resolutely guarded against. Talks on Talking The most common faults of articulation are dropping an unaccented vowel, sounding incorrectly an unaccented vowel, suppressing final consonants, omitting or mispronouncing syllables, and blending words. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader It is a common fault in more things than drinking, father. Winter Evening Tales This is a common fault with amateur speakers. The Art of Public Speaking But a common fault in children's writing is to wait for an event, "something to write about," and to dispose of it in three or four sentences like telegrams. The Education of Catholic Girls The drunkard's vulgar proverb recommending 'a hair of the dog that bit you,' is but a coarse expression of a common fault. Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII Stiffness seems to me the most reprehensible thing in piano playing, as well as the most common fault with all kinds of players. Piano Mastery Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers An exaggerated vibrato is as bad as what I call 'the sentimental slide,' a common fault, which many violinists cultivate under the impression that they are playing expressively. Violin Mastery Talks with Master Violinists and Teachers If the pupil studies these perfect emissions of tone and tries to imitate them, there is no need for her to have the common faults mentioned. Vocal Mastery Talks with Master Singers and Teachers The preposition in the end of the sentence; a common fault with him, and which I have but lately observed in my own writings. The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 Franklin and Battersleigh killed two buffaloes each, losing other head by reason of delivering their fire too high up in the body, a common fault with the beginner on bison. The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains The most common fault is indistinctness—slurring over or leaving out notes. Piano Mastery Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers A very common fault with such people is to excuse this conduct by saying: Oh! Baltimore Catechism, No. 4 An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine What is a common fault with many in blessing themselves? Baltimore Catechism, No. 3 They must confidently expect conduct from him of a high moral standard, and be careful at this early age to avoid the common fault of giving a dog a bad name. The Nervous Child What is a common fault with most public speakers? 1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading The neglect to construct these planes of the under eyelid is a very common fault in poorly painted eyes. The Practice and Science of Drawing With similes of common things, The lilies of the field, the salt Which lost its savour; gently brings A lesson, from the common fault Of self-admiring Pharisee, Of ostentatious piety. Mountain idylls, and Other Poems A. A common fault with many in blessing themselves is to make a hurried motion with the hand which is in no way a sign of the cross. Baltimore Catechism, No. 3 In practice this excessive stimulation is the common fault with which we meet. The Nervous Child He was thus saved from mixed metaphors, the common fault of imaginative writings which are directed to no end, and thus are liable to become first lawless, then false, finally self-contradictory and absurd. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 But the most common fault of all was to gabble through the services as quickly as they could in order to get them over. Medieval People In this process of instruction, which is nothing less than a sacred responsibility, the most common fault of the parent, physician, teacher, and pastor is that of delay. The Minister and the Boy A Handbook for Churchmen Engaged in Boys' Work Incompleteness—want of beginning, middle, and end,—is their too common fault. Ralph Waldo Emerson Perhaps that is a common fault in the transactions of civilized men with barbarians. The Story of the Philippines and Our New Possessions, Including the Ladrones, Hawaii, Cuba and Porto Rico The Eldorado of the Orient Simplicity in Diet.—Taking too many kinds of food at a meal is a common fault which is often a cause of disease of the digestive-organs. Science in the Kitchen. Carelessness in the performance of the monastic hours was an exceedingly common fault during the later Middle Ages, though the monks were always worse about it than the nuns. Medieval People Some improvements, however, we hope to make; and for the rest we think that, when we commit only common faults, we shall not be excluded from common indulgence. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces Notwithstanding the splendour of these great names, it must be confessed, that one common fault, in a greater or less degree, pervaded the most admired poetry of Queen Elizabeth's age. The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author The common fault of your sex will be your danger: aiming to be young too long!—The devil's in you all, when you judge of yourselves by your wishes, and by your vanity! Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 6 No greater service can be performed by an editor in such a case than to prepare the reader to overlook these common faults, and to set before him the literary significance of this twelfth-century poet. Four Arthurian Romances Professor Murray will, I am sure, excuse me if I say that he has the common fault of most Englishmen of being inaudible. The Lost World She was speaking too long—a common fault of women. Delia Blanchflower "What are some of the most common faults in young women of your acquaintance?" Girls: Faults and Ideals A Familiar Talk, with Quotations from Letters It was the common fault of strangers and foreigners to generalize too quickly, and to judge precipitately of the whole of a community from a part. Tales and Novels — Volume 09 If you would preserve a character for truthfulness, avoid the too common fault of exaggeration. Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society A condensed but thorough treatise on etiquette and its usages in America, containing plain and reliable directions for deportment in every situation in life. It is full of digressions and repetitions, a common fault of his style, but contains some very powerful thought. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius For it was with Valencia as with all women; in this common fault of frivolity, as in most others, the men rather than they are to blame. Two Years Ago, Volume II. We shall think then of common faults and of ideals. Girls: Faults and Ideals A Familiar Talk, with Quotations from Letters The poem is likewise very diffuse—again a common fault with women of power; for indeed the faculty of compressing thought into crystalline form is one of the rarest gifts of artistic genius. England's Antiphon The greatest and most common fault in English coffee is the too small quantity of the ingredient. The Book of Household Management A marked trait of Sherman's military intellect was his accurate judgment of the force of his enemy, and his freedom from the common fault of overestimating the army opposed to him. Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 2 November 1863-June 1865 "We observed it a common fault in our young people that they gave themselves to drink hot waters very immoderately." Anne Bradstreet and Her Time Another names, "The love of dress, the inordinate desire to excel their companions in this particular," as among the common faults in young women, adding that it has led many of them to ruin. Girls: Faults and Ideals A Familiar Talk, with Quotations from Letters A common fault in argumentation is the failure to support important points with sufficient proof. Practical Argumentation Their common fault is to be comprehensively jejune. A Modern Utopia It might become coarse and masculine some years hence, which is the common fault of Scottish beauty; but in Mysie's sixteenth year she had the shape of a Hebe. The Monastery It is the common fault of biographers to over-colour the character of a favourite hero, but those who knew Sir William Heathcote will admit that there is no exaggeration in what I have said. John Keble's Parishes In one letter received from a thoughtful young man, mention is made of a "disregard of health," as a common fault in young women. Girls: Faults and Ideals A Familiar Talk, with Quotations from Letters Improper division of words into syllables is a common fault. Public Speaking It had fallen into the common fault of schoolmasters, the assumption of infallibility. The Eve of the French Revolution The advice is excellent: but morbid scrupulosity is not a common fault of English laymen. Religious Reality The most common faults of class-room instruction have been to a great extent eliminated. The Progressive Democracy of James M. Cox Perhaps the most common fault is to interpose an adverb between the preposition to and the infinitive verb; as, "It is not necessary to accurately relate all that he said." Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking It is a common fault to hasten over the language of imagination as over the commonplace words. Public Speaking They were generally sad, a common fault with poetesses; but poor Elsie had more excuse for taking that tone than many others who have done so. Mr. Hogarth's Will Fallen by "prompture of the blood," the victim of a suddenly revived law against the common fault of youth like his, he finds his life forfeited as if by the chance of a lottery. Appreciations, with an Essay on Style And therein I have devised to amend the errors of usual sea-cards, whose common fault is to make the degrees of longitude in every latitude of one like bigness. Voyages in Search of the North-West Passage It shall not be said that in our common fault there are two parts, and that you shall have had all the benefit of it, and that I must bear all the punishment. Within an Inch of His Life "Ingenious!" said Mr. Pleydell, "but I think desperate—they are finessing too much; a common fault on such occasions." Guy Mannering Perhaps an even more common fault in such autobiographies is that they are sentimental, and are falsified by self-admiration and self-pity. Father and Son: a study of two temperaments I did not want a child with common faults. They and I His speculations have none of that vagueness which is the common fault of political philosophy. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 1 Whilst speaking, she caught her husband's eye, and perhaps this was the reason why her story, at the close, seemed rather amiably pointless—not a common fault when she narrated. New Grub Street |
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