The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen 10F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... lexicographer holds the lowest place , neither vanity nor interest incited me to enquire . It appeared that the province allotted me was , of all the regions of learning , generally confessed to be the least delightful , that it was be ...
... lexicographer holds the lowest place , neither vanity nor interest incited me to enquire . It appeared that the province allotted me was , of all the regions of learning , generally confessed to be the least delightful , that it was be ...
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... lexicography , as in other arts , naked science is too delicate for the purposes of life . The value of a work must be estimated by its use : it is not enough that a dictionary delights the critick , unless , at the same time , it ...
... lexicography , as in other arts , naked science is too delicate for the purposes of life . The value of a work must be estimated by its use : it is not enough that a dictionary delights the critick , unless , at the same time , it ...
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... lexicography which is strictly critical . The popular part of the language , which includes all words not appropriated to particular sciences , admits of many distinctions and subdivisions ; as , into words of general use , words ...
... lexicography which is strictly critical . The popular part of the language , which includes all words not appropriated to particular sciences , admits of many distinctions and subdivisions ; as , into words of general use , words ...
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... lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach , and even this negative recompence has been yet granted to very few . I have , notwithstanding this discouragement , attempted a Dictionary of the English language , which , while it was ...
... lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach , and even this negative recompence has been yet granted to very few . I have , notwithstanding this discouragement , attempted a Dictionary of the English language , which , while it was ...
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... lexicographer to correct or proscribe . As language was at its beginning merely oral , all words of necessary or common use were spoken be- fore they were written ; and while they were un- fixed by any visible signs , must have been ...
... lexicographer to correct or proscribe . As language was at its beginning merely oral , all words of necessary or common use were spoken be- fore they were written ; and while they were un- fixed by any visible signs , must have been ...
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