The Works of Samuel Johnson: Miscellaneous piecesW. Pickering, London; and Talboys and Wheeler, Oxford, 1825 - English literature |
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... confessed to be the least delightful , that it was believed to produce neither fruits nor flowers ; and that , after a VOL . V. B long and laborious cultivation , not even the barren laurela THE plan of an English dictionary.
... confessed to be the least delightful , that it was believed to produce neither fruits nor flowers ; and that , after a VOL . V. B long and laborious cultivation , not even the barren laurela THE plan of an English dictionary.
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... produced either by an admission into com- mon speech , in some metaphorical signification , which is the acquisition of a kind of property among us ; as we say , the zenith of advancement , the meridian of life , the cynosure of ...
... produced either by an admission into com- mon speech , in some metaphorical signification , which is the acquisition of a kind of property among us ; as we say , the zenith of advancement , the meridian of life , the cynosure of ...
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... known , as well as those with which we are , by accident , less ac- quainted ; and if they are all rejected , how will the reader be relieved from difficulties produced by allusions to the crocodile AN ENGLISH DICTIONARY . 5.
... known , as well as those with which we are , by accident , less ac- quainted ; and if they are all rejected , how will the reader be relieved from difficulties produced by allusions to the crocodile AN ENGLISH DICTIONARY . 5.
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Samuel Johnson Francis Pearson Walesby. be relieved from difficulties produced by allusions to the crocodile , the chameleon , the ichneumon , and the hyæna ? If no plants are to be mentioned , the most pleasing part of nature will be ...
Samuel Johnson Francis Pearson Walesby. be relieved from difficulties produced by allusions to the crocodile , the chameleon , the ichneumon , and the hyæna ? If no plants are to be mentioned , the most pleasing part of nature will be ...
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... produced by necessity , and enlarged by accident , and is , therefore , com- posed of dissimilar parts , thrown together by negligence , by affectation , by learning or by ignorance . Our inflections , therefore , are by no means ...
... produced by necessity , and enlarged by accident , and is , therefore , com- posed of dissimilar parts , thrown together by negligence , by affectation , by learning or by ignorance . Our inflections , therefore , are by no means ...
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