The Works of Samuel Johnson: Miscellaneous piecesW. Pickering, London; and Talboys and Wheeler, Oxford, 1825 - English literature |
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... degrees to settle themselves among the natives , with little opposition ; and it would surely be no proof of judgment to imitate them in an errour which they have now retracted , and deprive the book of its chief use , by scrupulous ...
... degrees to settle themselves among the natives , with little opposition ; and it would surely be no proof of judgment to imitate them in an errour which they have now retracted , and deprive the book of its chief use , by scrupulous ...
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... degree , the peculiar words of every profession ; that the terms of war and navigation should be inserted , so far as they can be required by readers of travels , and of history ; and those of law , mer- chandise , and mechanical trades ...
... degree , the peculiar words of every profession ; that the terms of war and navigation should be inserted , so far as they can be required by readers of travels , and of history ; and those of law , mer- chandise , and mechanical trades ...
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... degrees of comparison , and our verbs are conjugated by auxiliary words , and are only changed in the preter tense . To our language may be , with great justness , applied the observation of Quintilian , that speech was not formed by an ...
... degrees of comparison , and our verbs are conjugated by auxiliary words , and are only changed in the preter tense . To our language may be , with great justness , applied the observation of Quintilian , that speech was not formed by an ...
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... degree to that of baron , it would be 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 ...
... degree to that of baron , it would be 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 ...
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... degree of ex- cellence , but that he may stop with 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 ...
... degree of ex- cellence , but that he may stop with 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 ...
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