. Penman's Art Journal and Penman's Gazette. Title Page of Artistic Menu, Made in The Jodbnal Offict The adjectives quoted ( splendid magnificent, etc.) are good, strong En-glish words. When misapplied they maybe exaggerating words, but are they. The tendency to conceal poverty of ideasby an opulent show of words is greatly tobe deplored; and also that those intenseexpressions, splendid, magnificent, awful, delightful, frightful,horrible, charming, superb,fine. delicious, etc., etc., are somuch more frequently used by women thanby men. It would appear «« if the criticalfaculty of some women ir
. Penman's Art Journal and Penman's Gazette. Title Page of Artistic Menu, Made in The Jodbnal Offict The adjectives quoted ( splendid magnificent, etc.) are good, strong En-glish words. When misapplied they maybe exaggerating words, but are they. The tendency to conceal poverty of ideasby an opulent show of words is greatly tobe deplored; and also that those intenseexpressions, splendid, magnificent, awful, delightful, frightful,horrible, charming, superb,fine. delicious, etc., etc., are somuch more frequently used by women thanby men. It would appear «« if the criticalfaculty of some women iraa restricted tothe superlative degree, and that theirtaste, whether in regard to what is ma-terial, spiritual, or intellectual, conmstedonly in the indiscriminate of certainloud sounding adjectives. Thus they willspeak of a splendid ice cream, asweet prayer, a magnificent tart,a frightful bonnet, a delicious ser-mon, an awful tine man, and a prettystutue. These and othei equally exagger-ated words are applied, without apparentlyattaching any precise meaning to [however] that something mustbe said expressive of sentiment or emotion,the first loud-sounding word which rises tothe lips is allowed to gush out. Precision o
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