The Works of Samuel Johnson: Miscellaneous piecesW. Pickering, London; and Talboys and Wheeler, Oxford, 1825 - English literature |
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Page 14
... better to mention more par- ticularly the creation , privileges , and rank of baronets ; and whether , under the word barometer , instead of being satisfied with observing that it is an instrument to discover the weight of the air , it ...
... better to mention more par- ticularly the creation , privileges , and rank of baronets ; and whether , under the word barometer , instead of being satisfied with observing that it is an instrument to discover the weight of the air , it ...
Page 27
... better . " There is in constancy and stability a general and lasting advantage , which will always overbalance the slow improvements of gradual correction . Much less ought our written language to comply with the corruptions of oral ...
... better . " There is in constancy and stability a general and lasting advantage , which will always overbalance the slow improvements of gradual correction . Much less ought our written language to comply with the corruptions of oral ...
Page 37
... better understood , as they are considered in greater variety of structures and relations . All the interpretations of words are not written with the same skill , or the same happiness : things , equally easy in themselves , are not all ...
... better understood , as they are considered in greater variety of structures and relations . All the interpretations of words are not written with the same skill , or the same happiness : things , equally easy in themselves , are not all ...
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... better success , but “ sua cuique placent . " I read thus , -our duties Are to your throne and state , children and servants , Which do but what they should , in doing nothing , Save tow'rd your love and honour . We do but perform our ...
... better success , but “ sua cuique placent . " I read thus , -our duties Are to your throne and state , children and servants , Which do but what they should , in doing nothing , Save tow'rd your love and honour . We do but perform our ...
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... better thee without , than he within . The sense apparently requires that this passage should be read thus : ' Tis better thee without , than him within . That is , I am more pleased that the blood of Banquo should be on thy face , than ...
... better thee without , than he within . The sense apparently requires that this passage should be read thus : ' Tis better thee without , than him within . That is , I am more pleased that the blood of Banquo should be on thy face , than ...
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