The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen 10F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... easily reaches heights which performance never will attain ; and when she has mounted the summit of perfection , derides her follower , who dies in the pursuit . Not therefore to raise expectation , but to repress it , I here lay before ...
... easily reaches heights which performance never will attain ; and when she has mounted the summit of perfection , derides her follower , who dies in the pursuit . Not therefore to raise expectation , but to repress it , I here lay before ...
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... easy to state a rule by which we may decide between custom and reason , or between the equi- ponderant authorities of writers alike eminent for judgment and accuracy . It The great orthographical contest has long sub- sisted between ...
... easy to state a rule by which we may decide between custom and reason , or between the equi- ponderant authorities of writers alike eminent for judgment and accuracy . It The great orthographical contest has long sub- sisted between ...
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... easily reduced to rules . Thus there is no antecedent reason for difference of accent in the words dolorous and sono- rous ; yet of the one Milton gives the sound in this line : He pass'd o'er many a region dolorous ; and that of the ...
... easily reduced to rules . Thus there is no antecedent reason for difference of accent in the words dolorous and sono- rous ; yet of the one Milton gives the sound in this line : He pass'd o'er many a region dolorous ; and that of the ...
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... easily deduced from a Saxon ori- ginal , I shall not often enquire further , since we know not the parent of the Saxon ... easy task of rejecting superfluities . By tracing in this manner every word to its ori- AN ENGLISH DICTIONARY . 15.
... easily deduced from a Saxon ori- ginal , I shall not often enquire further , since we know not the parent of the Saxon ... easy task of rejecting superfluities . By tracing in this manner every word to its ori- AN ENGLISH DICTIONARY . 15.
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