The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen 10F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... present usage of spelling , where the present usage can be distinguished , will , therefore , in this work be generally followed ; yet there will be often occasion to observe , that it is in itself inaccurate , and tolerated rather than ...
... present usage of spelling , where the present usage can be distinguished , will , therefore , in this work be generally followed ; yet there will be often occasion to observe , that it is in itself inaccurate , and tolerated rather than ...
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... present modes of speech , The soldier died of his wounds , and the sailor perished with hunger : and every man acquainted with our language would be offended by a change of these particles , which yet seem originally assigned by chance ...
... present modes of speech , The soldier died of his wounds , and the sailor perished with hunger : and every man acquainted with our language would be offended by a change of these particles , which yet seem originally assigned by chance ...
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... present to the writer . In this part of the work , where caprice has long wantoned without control , and vanity sought praise by petty reformation , I have endeavoured to pro- ceed with a scholar's reverence for antiquity , and a ...
... present to the writer . In this part of the work , where caprice has long wantoned without control , and vanity sought praise by petty reformation , I have endeavoured to pro- ceed with a scholar's reverence for antiquity , and a ...
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... present use . These I have noted with great care ; and though I cannot flatter myself that the collection is complete , I believe I have so far assisted the students of our language that this kind of phraseology will be no longer ...
... present use . These I have noted with great care ; and though I cannot flatter myself that the collection is complete , I believe I have so far assisted the students of our language that this kind of phraseology will be no longer ...
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... present support them by authorities , I have suffered to stand upon my own attestation , claiming the same privilege with my predecessors , of being sometimes credited without proof . The words , thus selected and disposed , are gram ...
... present support them by authorities , I have suffered to stand upon my own attestation , claiming the same privilege with my predecessors , of being sometimes credited without proof . The words , thus selected and disposed , are gram ...
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