THE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.1823 |
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... long intermixture and frequent use , by which the ear is accustomed to the sound of words , till their original is forgotten , as in equator , * Milton . satellites ; or of the change of a foreign into AN ENGLISH DICTIONARY . 7.
... long intermixture and frequent use , by which the ear is accustomed to the sound of words , till their original is forgotten , as in equator , * Milton . satellites ; or of the change of a foreign into AN ENGLISH DICTIONARY . 7.
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... original . Closely connected with orthography is pronuncia- tion , the stability of which is of great importance to the duration of a language , because the first change will naturally begin by corruptions in the living speech . The ...
... original . Closely connected with orthography is pronuncia- tion , the stability of which is of great importance to the duration of a language , because the first change will naturally begin by corruptions in the living speech . The ...
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... original can be found , we shall se- cure our language from being over - run with cant , from being crowded with low terms , the spawn of folly or affectation , which arise from no just prin- ciples of speech , and of which therefore no ...
... original can be found , we shall se- cure our language from being over - run with cant , from being crowded with low terms , the spawn of folly or affectation , which arise from no just prin- ciples of speech , and of which therefore no ...
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... original . But many depart from this rule , without agreeing in any other ; as I shake , I shook , I have shaken , or shook , as it is sometimes written in poetry ; I make , I made , I have made ; I bring , I brought ; I wring , I wrung ...
... original . But many depart from this rule , without agreeing in any other ; as I shake , I shook , I have shaken , or shook , as it is sometimes written in poetry ; I make , I made , I have made ; I bring , I brought ; I wring , I wrung ...
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... original and etymological sense , it cannot be properly applied but to words signifying something desirable : thus we say , a man arrived at happiness ; but cannot say , without a mixture of irony , he arrived at misery . Ground , the ...
... original and etymological sense , it cannot be properly applied but to words signifying something desirable : thus we say , a man arrived at happiness ; but cannot say , without a mixture of irony , he arrived at misery . Ground , the ...
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