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It was not easy to determine by what rule of distinction the words of this Dictionary
were to be chosen. The chief intent of it is to preserve the purity, and ascertain the
meaning of our English idiom; and this seems to require nothing more than ...
It was not easy to determine by what rule of distinction the words of this Dictionary
were to be chosen. The chief intent of it is to preserve the purity, and ascertain the
meaning of our English idiom; and this seems to require nothing more than ...
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ADVERTISEMENT FOURTH EDITION ENGLISH DICTIONARY * Many are the
works of human industry, which to begin and finish are hardly granted to the
same man. He that undertakes to compile a Dictionary, undertakes that, which, if
it ...
ADVERTISEMENT FOURTH EDITION ENGLISH DICTIONARY * Many are the
works of human industry, which to begin and finish are hardly granted to the
same man. He that undertakes to compile a Dictionary, undertakes that, which, if
it ...
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PREFA C E OCTAVO EDITION OF THE ENGLISH DICTIONARY.* Having been
long employed in the study and cultivation of the English language, I lately
published a Dictionary like those compiled by the academies of Italy and France,
for the ...
PREFA C E OCTAVO EDITION OF THE ENGLISH DICTIONARY.* Having been
long employed in the study and cultivation of the English language, I lately
published a Dictionary like those compiled by the academies of Italy and France,
for the ...
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For this reason a small dictionary appeared yet to be wanting to common readers
; and, as I may without arrogance claim to myself a longer acquaintance with the
lexicography of our language than any other writer has had, I shall hope to be ...
For this reason a small dictionary appeared yet to be wanting to common readers
; and, as I may without arrogance claim to myself a longer acquaintance with the
lexicography of our language than any other writer has had, I shall hope to be ...
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DICTIONARY*. No expectation is more fallacious than that which authors form of
the reception which their labours will find among mankind. Scarcely any man
publishes a book, whatever it be, without believing that he has caught the
moment ...
DICTIONARY*. No expectation is more fallacious than that which authors form of
the reception which their labours will find among mankind. Scarcely any man
publishes a book, whatever it be, without believing that he has caught the
moment ...
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| Título | The works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen 10 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Samuel Johnson |
| Autores | Samuel Johnson, Alexander Chalmers, Arthur Murphy |
| Editor | F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
| Procedencia del original | University of Minnesota |
| Digitalizado | 4 Feb 2010 |
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