THE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.1823 |
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... my performance should fall below the excellence of other dictionaries , I may obtain , at least , the praise of having endeavoured well ; nor shall I think it any reproach to my diligence , that I AN ENGLISH DICTIONARY . 29.
... my performance should fall below the excellence of other dictionaries , I may obtain , at least , the praise of having endeavoured well ; nor shall I think it any reproach to my diligence , that I AN ENGLISH DICTIONARY . 29.
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... endeavoured to pro- ceed with a scholar's reverence for antiquity , and a grammarian's regard to the genius of our tongue . I have attempted few alterations , and among those few , perhaps the greater part is from the modern to the ...
... endeavoured to pro- ceed with a scholar's reverence for antiquity , and a grammarian's regard to the genius of our tongue . I have attempted few alterations , and among those few , perhaps the greater part is from the modern to the ...
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... endeavoured to express , as he could , the sounds which he was accustomed to pronounce or to re- ceive , and vitiated in writing such words as were already vitiated in speech . The powers of the let- ters , when they were applied to a ...
... endeavoured to express , as he could , the sounds which he was accustomed to pronounce or to re- ceive , and vitiated in writing such words as were already vitiated in speech . The powers of the let- ters , when they were applied to a ...
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... endeavoured to pro- ceed with a scholar's reverence for antiquity , and a grammarian's regard to the genius of our tongue . I have attempted few alterations , and among those few , perhaps the greater part is from the modern to the ...
... endeavoured to pro- ceed with a scholar's reverence for antiquity , and a grammarian's regard to the genius of our tongue . I have attempted few alterations , and among those few , perhaps the greater part is from the modern to the ...
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... endeavoured to make some reparation for the universal negligence of my predecessors , by inserting great numbers of com- pounded words , as may be found under after , fore , new , night , fair , and many more . These , nume- rous as ...
... endeavoured to make some reparation for the universal negligence of my predecessors , by inserting great numbers of com- pounded words , as may be found under after , fore , new , night , fair , and many more . These , nume- rous as ...
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