THE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. |
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... much knowledge in its application as to be of no advantage to the common
workman . The title which I prefix to my work has long conveyed a very
miscellaneous idea , and they that take a dictionary into their hands , have been
accustomed ...
... much knowledge in its application as to be of no advantage to the common
workman . The title which I prefix to my work has long conveyed a very
miscellaneous idea , and they that take a dictionary into their hands , have been
accustomed ...
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... for some of them are naturalized and incorporated , but others still continue
aliens , and are rather auxiliaries than subjects . This naturalization is produced
either by an admission into common speech , in some metaphorical signification
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... for some of them are naturalized and incorporated , but others still continue
aliens , and are rather auxiliaries than subjects . This naturalization is produced
either by an admission into common speech , in some metaphorical signification
...
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Such are many words in the common law , as capias , habeas corpus ,
præmunire , nisi prius : such are some terms of controversial divinity , as
hypostasis ; and of physick , as the names of diseases ; and in general , all terms
which can be ...
Such are many words in the common law , as capias , habeas corpus ,
præmunire , nisi prius : such are some terms of controversial divinity , as
hypostasis ; and of physick , as the names of diseases ; and in general , all terms
which can be ...
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words of correspondent sound , that one may guard the other against the danger
of that variation , which , to some of the most common , has already happened ;
so that the words wound and wind , as they are now frequently pronounced , will
...
words of correspondent sound , that one may guard the other against the danger
of that variation , which , to some of the most common , has already happened ;
so that the words wound and wind , as they are now frequently pronounced , will
...
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... of which we have an example in the common phrase venir à bout d ' une affaire
. In exhibiting the descent of our language , our etymologists seem to have been
too lavish of their learning , having traced almost every word through various ...
... of which we have an example in the common phrase venir à bout d ' une affaire
. In exhibiting the descent of our language , our etymologists seem to have been
too lavish of their learning , having traced almost every word through various ...
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