The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen 10F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... been accustomed to expect from it a solution of almost every difficulty . If foreign words therefore were re- jected , it could be little regarded , except by cri- ticks , or those who aspire to criticism ; and 6 THE PLAN OF.
... been accustomed to expect from it a solution of almost every difficulty . If foreign words therefore were re- jected , it could be little regarded , except by cri- ticks , or those who aspire to criticism ; and 6 THE PLAN OF.
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Samuel Johnson. ticks , or those who aspire to criticism ; and however it might enlighten those that write , would be all darkness to them that only read . The unlearned much oftener consult their dictionaries for the mean- ing of words ...
Samuel Johnson. ticks , or those who aspire to criticism ; and however it might enlighten those that write , would be all darkness to them that only read . The unlearned much oftener consult their dictionaries for the mean- ing of words ...
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... opposed to fall , and another as opposed to fly ; for want of attending to which distinction , obvious as it is , the learned Dr. Bentley has squan- dered his criticism to no purpose , on these lines AN ENGLISH DICTIONARY . 23.
... opposed to fall , and another as opposed to fly ; for want of attending to which distinction , obvious as it is , the learned Dr. Bentley has squan- dered his criticism to no purpose , on these lines AN ENGLISH DICTIONARY . 23.
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Samuel Johnson. dered his criticism to no purpose , on these lines of Paradise Lost : In heaps Chariot and charioteer ... critic , " as the sentence is now read , we find that what stood , fled : " and therefore he proposes an alteration ...
Samuel Johnson. dered his criticism to no purpose , on these lines of Paradise Lost : In heaps Chariot and charioteer ... critic , " as the sentence is now read , we find that what stood , fled : " and therefore he proposes an alteration ...
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... criticism can never wash them away : these , therefore , must be permitted to remain un- touched ; but many words have likewise been altered by accident , or depraved by ignorance , as the pro- nunciation of the vulgar has been weakly ...
... criticism can never wash them away : these , therefore , must be permitted to remain un- touched ; but many words have likewise been altered by accident , or depraved by ignorance , as the pro- nunciation of the vulgar has been weakly ...
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