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'The Grammarian is a man to whom every hour unemployed is misery, and it is a shame that such a man should have to wait the caprice of a public functionary before he gets his pay.
The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator Senator Cassiodorus 1872
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The Grammarian is a type of the early scholars who gave to Europe the treasures of Greek thought by translating the manuscripts recovered after the fall of Constantinople.
Browning's Shorter Poems Robert Browning 1850
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The Grammarian was a scholar and thinker, not a mere student of grammar in the modern sense.
Browning's Shorter Poems Robert Browning 1850
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“Grammar” in the middle ages was often used as almost synonymous with “literature,” and a Grammarian was a “Professor literarum.”
The Idea of a University Defined and Illustrated: In Nine Discourses Delivered to the Catholics of Dublin John Henry Newman 1845
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There is, however, among these fifty men and women one true and sublime poet, -- the dying "Grammarian," who applies the alchemy of a lofty imagination to the dry business of verbal erudition.
Robert Browning 1892
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* "Grammarian" mustn't be understood here in its restricted modern sense; it means rather one devoted to learning, or letters, in general.
An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry Hiram Corson 1869
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Ben Jonson, found in Vol 5: 7 of the Underground Grammarian and elsewhere. from → Quotations, Words
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And, from the inimitable Underground Grammarian of yore:
April 15th, 2009 m_francis 2009
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I would have kept this little aside to myself if it didn't bear some relation to the proceedings: I bought Garner's because of an essay Wallace wrote called "Authority and American Usage," which I would recommend to any Armchair Grammarian.
Jed P. Cohen: Brief Interviews with Hideous Men: Women and (Mostly) Men 2009
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May I just say, being a fellow Grammarian myself, lol, that this should have said "I forget or forgot, whichever you like, although I prefer the latter how to speak," NOT, "I forget how to spoke," which is what you wrote.
Snack Street at Southwest University 西南大学的小吃街 Phil Razem 2009
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