The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen 10F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... honour at the second or third : though therefore my performance should fall below the excellence of other dictionaries , I may obtain , at least , the praise of having endeavoured well ; nor shall I think it any reproach to my diligence ...
... honour at the second or third : though therefore my performance should fall below the excellence of other dictionaries , I may obtain , at least , the praise of having endeavoured well ; nor shall I think it any reproach to my diligence ...
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... honour of ap- pearing thus publicly , My Lord , Your Lordship's most obedient , and most humble servant , SAM . JOHNSON * . * Written in the year 1747 . C. PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH DICTIONARY . IT is the fate 30 PLAN OF ENGLISH DICTIONARY .
... honour of ap- pearing thus publicly , My Lord , Your Lordship's most obedient , and most humble servant , SAM . JOHNSON * . * Written in the year 1747 . C. PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH DICTIONARY . IT is the fate 30 PLAN OF ENGLISH DICTIONARY .
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... honours , but that I might spare a perpetual re- petition by one general acknowledgment . Of these , whom I ought not to mention but with the reve- rence due to instructors and benefactors , Junius ap- pears to have excelled in extent ...
... honours , but that I might spare a perpetual re- petition by one general acknowledgment . Of these , whom I ought not to mention but with the reve- rence due to instructors and benefactors , Junius ap- pears to have excelled in extent ...
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... . In hope of giving longevity to that which its own nature forbids to be immortal , I have devoted this book , the labour of years , to the honour of my country , that we may no longer yield the palm 64 PREFACE TO THE.
... . In hope of giving longevity to that which its own nature forbids to be immortal , I have devoted this book , the labour of years , to the honour of my country , that we may no longer yield the palm 64 PREFACE TO THE.
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... honour . My esteem of these criticks , inclines me to believe , that they cannot be much pleased with the expressions Fiefs to love , or Fiefs to honour ; and that they have proposed this alteration rather because no other oc- curred to ...
... honour . My esteem of these criticks , inclines me to believe , that they cannot be much pleased with the expressions Fiefs to love , or Fiefs to honour ; and that they have proposed this alteration rather because no other oc- curred to ...
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