THE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.1823 |
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... preserve the purity , and ascertain the meaning of our English idiom ; and this seems to require nothing more than that our language be considered , so far as it is our own ; that the words and phrases used in the general intercourse of ...
... preserve the purity , and ascertain the meaning of our English idiom ; and this seems to require nothing more than that our language be considered , so far as it is our own ; that the words and phrases used in the general intercourse of ...
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... the pronunciation of our language may be fixed , and its attainment facilitated ; by which its purity may be preserved , its use ascertained , and its duration lengthened . And though , perhaps , to correct the language of 28 THE PLAN OF.
... the pronunciation of our language may be fixed , and its attainment facilitated ; by which its purity may be preserved , its use ascertained , and its duration lengthened . And though , perhaps , to correct the language of 28 THE PLAN OF.
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... preservation of ancient , and the improvement of modern writers ; that it may pro- mote the reformation of those translators , who , for want of understanding the characteristical differ- ence of tongues , have formed a chaotic dialect ...
... preservation of ancient , and the improvement of modern writers ; that it may pro- mote the reformation of those translators , who , for want of understanding the characteristical differ- ence of tongues , have formed a chaotic dialect ...
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... preserve so much caution through so long a work , as not often to sink into negligence , or to obtain so much knowledge of all its parts as not frequently to fail by ignorance . I expect that sometimes the desire of accuracy will urge ...
... preserve so much caution through so long a work , as not often to sink into negligence , or to obtain so much knowledge of all its parts as not frequently to fail by ignorance . I expect that sometimes the desire of accuracy will urge ...
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... preserved in systematical works ; though sometimes . at the expence of particular propriety . Among other derivatives I have been careful to insert and elucidate the anomalous plurals of nouns and preterites of verbs , which in the ...
... preserved in systematical works ; though sometimes . at the expence of particular propriety . Among other derivatives I have been careful to insert and elucidate the anomalous plurals of nouns and preterites of verbs , which in the ...
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