THE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.1823 |
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... perfection , which , though in its philosophi- cal and exact sense it can be of little use among human beings , is often so much degraded from its original signification , that the academicians have in- serted in 22 THE PLAN OF.
... perfection , which , though in its philosophi- cal and exact sense it can be of little use among human beings , is often so much degraded from its original signification , that the academicians have in- serted in 22 THE PLAN OF.
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... human things , and which require only to be registered , that they may not be increased , and ascertained , that they may not be confounded : but every language has likewise its improprieties and absurdities , which it is the duty of ...
... human things , and which require only to be registered , that they may not be increased , and ascertained , that they may not be confounded : but every language has likewise its improprieties and absurdities , which it is the duty of ...
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... human resistance , as the revolutions of the sky , or intumescence of the tide . Commerce , however ne- cessary , however lucrative , as it depraves the man- ners , corrupts the language ; they that have fre- quent intercourse with ...
... human resistance , as the revolutions of the sky , or intumescence of the tide . Commerce , however ne- cessary , however lucrative , as it depraves the man- ners , corrupts the language ; they that have fre- quent intercourse with ...
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... humanity ? It remains that we retard what we cannot repel , that we palliate what we cannot cure . Life may be lengthened by care , though death cannot be ultimately defeated : tongues , like governments , have a natural tendency to ...
... humanity ? It remains that we retard what we cannot repel , that we palliate what we cannot cure . Life may be lengthened by care , though death cannot be ultimately defeated : tongues , like governments , have a natural tendency to ...
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... human powers have hitherto completed . If the lexicons of ancient tongues , now immutably fixed , and comprized in a few volumes , be yet , after the toil of successive ages , inadequate and delusive ; if 66 PREFACE TO THE.
... human powers have hitherto completed . If the lexicons of ancient tongues , now immutably fixed , and comprized in a few volumes , be yet , after the toil of successive ages , inadequate and delusive ; if 66 PREFACE TO THE.
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