THE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.1823 |
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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 in- serted , 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 in- serted , 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 likewise be proper to remark metrical li- censes , 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 likewise be proper to remark metrical li- censes , such as contractions , generous ...
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... give occasion to many curious disquisitions , and sometimes perhaps to conjectures , which to readers unacquainted with this kind of study , cannot but appear improbable and capricious . But it may be reasonably imagined , that what is ...
... give occasion to many curious disquisitions , and sometimes perhaps to conjectures , which to readers unacquainted with this kind of study , cannot but appear improbable and capricious . But it may be reasonably imagined , that what is ...
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... give little assistance . The syntax of this language is too inconstant to be reduced to rules , and can be only learned by the distinct con- sideration of particular words as they are used by the best authors . Thus , we say , according ...
... give little assistance . The syntax of this language is too inconstant to be reduced to rules , and can be only learned by the distinct con- sideration of particular words as they are used by the best authors . Thus , we say , according ...
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... safe harbour . 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 desired 20 THE PLAN OF.
... safe harbour . 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 desired 20 THE PLAN OF.
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