The Works of Samuel Johnson: Miscellaneous piecesW. Pickering, London; and Talboys and Wheeler, Oxford, 1825 - English literature |
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... give an explanation , not more obscure than the word itself . Yet it is to be considered , that , if the names of animals be inserted , we must admit those which are more known , as well as those with which we are , by accident , less ...
... give an explanation , not more obscure than the word itself . Yet it is to be considered , that , if the names of animals be inserted , we must admit those which are more known , as well as those with which we are , by accident , less ...
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... gives the sound in this , line , He pass'd o'er many a region dolorous ; and that of the other in this , Sonorous metal blowing martial sounds . It may be likewise proper to remark metrical licenses , such as contractions , generous ...
... gives the sound in this , line , He pass'd o'er many a region dolorous ; and that of the other in this , Sonorous metal blowing martial sounds . It may be likewise proper to remark metrical licenses , such as contractions , generous ...
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... give occasion to many curious disquisi- tions , and sometimes , perhaps , to conjectures , which to readers unacquainted with this kind of study , cannot but appear improbable and capricious . But it may be rea- sonably imagined , that ...
... give occasion to many curious disquisi- tions , and sometimes , perhaps , to conjectures , which to readers unacquainted with this kind of study , cannot but appear improbable and capricious . But it may be rea- sonably imagined , that ...
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... give them perpetuity ; and their changes will be almost always in- forming us , that language is the work of man , of a being from whom permanence and stability cannot be derived . Words having been hitherto considered as separate and ...
... give them perpetuity ; and their changes will be almost always in- forming us , that language is the work of man , of a being from whom permanence and stability cannot be derived . Words having been hitherto considered as separate and ...
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... give its consequential meaning , to arrive , to reach any place , whether by land or sea ; as , he arrived at his country - seat . Then its metaphorical sense , to obtain any thing de- sired ; as , he arrived at a peerage . Then to ...
... give its consequential meaning , to arrive , to reach any place , whether by land or sea ; as , he arrived at his country - seat . Then its metaphorical sense , to obtain any thing de- sired ; as , he arrived at a peerage . Then to ...
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