The Works of Samuel Johnson: Miscellaneous piecesW. Pickering, London; and Talboys and Wheeler, Oxford, 1825 - English literature |
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... learned from the dictionary rather than the grammar . The verbs are likewise to be distinguished according to their qualities , as actives from neuters ; the neglect of which has already introduced some barbarities in our con- versation ...
... learned from the dictionary rather than the grammar . The verbs are likewise to be distinguished according to their qualities , as actives from neuters ; the neglect of which has already introduced some barbarities in our con- versation ...
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... learned Dr. Bentley has squandered his criticism to no purpose , on these lines of Paradise Lost : 66 In heaps Chariot and charioteer lay overturn'd , And fiery foaming steeds . What stood , recoil'd O'erwearied , through the faint ...
... learned Dr. Bentley has squandered his criticism to no purpose , on these lines of Paradise Lost : 66 In heaps Chariot and charioteer lay overturn'd , And fiery foaming steeds . What stood , recoil'd O'erwearied , through the faint ...
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... learned compilers . I cannot hope , in the warmest moments , to preserve so much caution through so long a work , as not often to sink into negligence , or to obtain so much knowledge of all its parts , as not frequently to fail by ...
... learned compilers . I cannot hope , in the warmest moments , to preserve so much caution through so long a work , as not often to sink into negligence , or to obtain so much knowledge of all its parts , as not frequently to fail by ...
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... learned or sagacious , has yet been able to perform . Some words there are which I cannot explain , because I do not understand them ; these might have been omitted very often with little inconvenience , but I would not so far indulge ...
... learned or sagacious , has yet been able to perform . Some words there are which I cannot explain , because I do not understand them ; these might have been omitted very often with little inconvenience , but I would not so far indulge ...
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... a man willing to magnify his labours , and procure veneration to his studies by involution and obscurity . But every art is obscure to those that have not learned it : this uncertainty of terms , and 36 PREFACE TO THE.
... a man willing to magnify his labours , and procure veneration to his studies by involution and obscurity . But every art is obscure to those that have not learned it : this uncertainty of terms , and 36 PREFACE TO THE.
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