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Closely connected with orthography is pronunciation, the stability of which is of
great importance to the duration of a language, because the first change will
naturally begin by corruptions in the living speech. The want of certain rules for
the ...
Closely connected with orthography is pronunciation, the stability of which is of
great importance to the duration of a language, because the first change will
naturally begin by corruptions in the living speech. The want of certain rules for
the ...
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To our language may be with great justness applied the observation of Quintilian,
that speech was not formed by an analogy sent from heaven. It did not descend
to us in a state of uniformity and perfection, but was produced by necessity ...
To our language may be with great justness applied the observation of Quintilian,
that speech was not formed by an analogy sent from heaven. It did not descend
to us in a state of uniformity and perfection, but was produced by necessity ...
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Thus, we say, according to the 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 ...
Thus, we say, according to the 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 ...
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Copiousness of speech will give opportunities to capricious choice, by which
some words will be preferred, and others degraded ; vicissitudes of fashion will
enforce the use of new, or extend the signification of known terms. The tropes of ...
Copiousness of speech will give opportunities to capricious choice, by which
some words will be preferred, and others degraded ; vicissitudes of fashion will
enforce the use of new, or extend the signification of known terms. The tropes of ...
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I will not say with Pope, that every speech may be assigned to the proper speaker
, because many speeches there are which have nothing cha- racteristical ; but,
perhaps, though some may be equally adapted to every person, it will be difficult
...
I will not say with Pope, that every speech may be assigned to the proper speaker
, because many speeches there are which have nothing cha- racteristical ; but,
perhaps, though some may be equally adapted to every person, it will be difficult
...
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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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