THE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.1823 |
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... 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 life , or found in the works of those whom we commonly stile polite writers ...
... 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 life , or found in the works of those whom we commonly stile polite writers ...
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... seem necessary to be retained ; because the purchasers of the Dictionary will expect to find them . Such are many ... seems necessary to the completion of a dic- tionary designed not merely for criticks , but for po- pular use , that ...
... seem necessary to be retained ; because the purchasers of the Dictionary will expect to find them . Such are many ... seems necessary to the completion of a dic- tionary designed not merely for criticks , but for po- pular use , that ...
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... seems of no great use to set down the words horse , dog , cat , wil- low , alder , daisy , rose , and a thousand others , of which it will be hard to give an explanation , not more obscure than the word itself . Yet it is to be ...
... seems of no great use to set down the words horse , dog , cat , wil- low , alder , daisy , rose , and a thousand others , of which it will be hard to give an explanation , not more obscure than the word itself . Yet it is to be ...
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... seems not proper to omit them , since it is rather to be wished that many readers should find more than they expect , than that one should miss what he might hope to find . When all the words are selected and arranged , the first part ...
... seems not proper to omit them , since it is rather to be wished that many readers should find more than they expect , than that one should miss what he might hope to find . When all the words are selected and arranged , the first part ...
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... seems most to comply with the general custom of our language . But the chief rule which I propose to follow is , to ... seem to take pleasure in departing from custom , and to think alteration desirable for its own sake ; and the ...
... seems most to comply with the general custom of our language . But the chief rule which I propose to follow is , to ... seem to take pleasure in departing from custom , and to think alteration desirable for its own sake ; and the ...
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