The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen 10F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... labour . I knew that the work in which I engaged is generally considered as drudgery for the blind , as the proper toil of art- less industry ; a task that requires neither the light of learning , nor the activity of genius , but may be ...
... labour . I knew that the work in which I engaged is generally considered as drudgery for the blind , as the proper toil of art- less industry ; a task that requires neither the light of learning , nor the activity of genius , but may be ...
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... labour is yet to come , the labour of interpreting these words and phrases with brevity , fulness , and perspicuity ; a task of which the extent and intricacy is sufficiently shewn by the miscarriage of those who have generally ...
... labour is yet to come , the labour of interpreting these words and phrases with brevity , fulness , and perspicuity ; a task of which the extent and intricacy is sufficiently shewn by the miscarriage of those who have generally ...
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... labour has likewise been much increased by a class of verbs too frequent in the English language , of which the signification is so loose and general , the use so vague and indeterminate , and the senses de- torted so widely from the ...
... labour has likewise been much increased by a class of verbs too frequent in the English language , of which the signification is so loose and general , the use so vague and indeterminate , and the senses de- torted so widely from the ...
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... labour of verbal searches , and inter- sperse with verdure and flowers the dusty desarts of barren philology . The examples , thus mutilated , are no longer to be considered as conveying the sentiments or doc- trine of their authors ...
... labour of verbal searches , and inter- sperse with verdure and flowers the dusty desarts of barren philology . The examples , thus mutilated , are no longer to be considered as conveying the sentiments or doc- trine of their authors ...
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... labour , and the triumph with which I should display my acquisitions to mankind . When I had thus enquired into the original of words , I resolved to shew likewise my attention to things ; to pierce deep into every science , to enquire ...
... labour , and the triumph with which I should display my acquisitions to mankind . When I had thus enquired into the original of words , I resolved to shew likewise my attention to things ; to pierce deep into every science , to enquire ...
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