The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen 10 |
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tyranny of ignorance , that of all the candidates for literary praise , the unhappy lexicographer holds the lowest place , neither vanity nor interest incited me to enquire . It appeared that the province allotted me was , of all the ...
tyranny of ignorance , that of all the candidates for literary praise , the unhappy lexicographer holds the lowest place , neither vanity nor interest incited me to enquire . It appeared that the province allotted me was , of all the ...
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This is , perhaps , the exact and pure idea of a grammatical dictionary ; but in 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 ...
This is , perhaps , the exact and pure idea of a grammatical dictionary ; but in 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 ...
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There remains yet to be considered the distribution of words into their proper classes , or that part of lexicography which is strictly critical . The popular part of the language , which includes all words not appropriated to ...
There remains yet to be considered the distribution of words into their proper classes , or that part of lexicography which is strictly critical . The popular part of the language , which includes all words not appropriated to ...
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Every other author may aspire to praise ; the 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 ...
Every other author may aspire to praise ; the 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 ...
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... that they may not be increased , and ascertained , that they may not be confounded : but every language has likewise its improprieties and absurdities , which it is the duty of the lexicographer to correct or proscribe .
... that they may not be increased , and ascertained , that they may not be confounded : but every language has likewise its improprieties and absurdities , which it is the duty of the lexicographer to correct or proscribe .
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