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Página 51
When the time called upon me to range this accumulation of elegance and
wisdom into an alphabetical series, I soon discovered that the bulk of my volumes
would fright away the student, and was forced to depart from my scheme of
including ...
When the time called upon me to range this accumulation of elegance and
wisdom into an alphabetical series, I soon discovered that the bulk of my volumes
would fright away the student, and was forced to depart from my scheme of
including ...
Página 72
... so that the reader who knows the different periods of the language, and the
time of its authors, may judge of the elegance or prevalence of any word, or
meaning of a word ; and without recurring to other books, may know what are
antiquated ...
... so that the reader who knows the different periods of the language, and the
time of its authors, may judge of the elegance or prevalence of any word, or
meaning of a word ; and without recurring to other books, may know what are
antiquated ...
Página 118
I pull in resolution Though this is the reading of all the editions, yet as it is a
phrase without either example, elegance, or propriety, it is surely better to read I
pall in resolution / languish in my constancy, my confidence begins to forsake me.
I pull in resolution Though this is the reading of all the editions, yet as it is a
phrase without either example, elegance, or propriety, it is surely better to read I
pall in resolution / languish in my constancy, my confidence begins to forsake me.
Página 144
... to be understood, without ambition of elegance. The polite are always catching
modish innovations, and the learned depart from established forms of speech, in
hope of finding or making better ; those 144 PREFACE TO SHAKESPEARE.
... to be understood, without ambition of elegance. The polite are always catching
modish innovations, and the learned depart from established forms of speech, in
hope of finding or making better ; those 144 PREFACE TO SHAKESPEARE.
Página 186
It has been my settled principle, that the reading of the an cient books is probably
true, and therefore is not to be disturbed for the sake of elegance, perspicuity, or
mere improvement of the sense. For though much credit is not due to the fidelity,
...
It has been my settled principle, that the reading of the an cient books is probably
true, and therefore is not to be disturbed for the sake of elegance, perspicuity, or
mere improvement of the sense. For though much credit is not due to the fidelity,
...
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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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