THE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. |
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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 to expect
from it a solution of almost every difficulty . If foreign words therefore , were ...
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 to expect
from it a solution of almost every difficulty . If foreign words therefore , were ...
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It has been demanded , on one hand , that men should write as they speak ; but
as it has been shewn that this conformity never was attained in any language ,
and that it is not more easy to persuade men to agree exactly in speaking than in
...
It has been demanded , on one hand , that men should write as they speak ; but
as it has been shewn that this conformity never was attained in any language ,
and that it is not more easy to persuade men to agree exactly in speaking than in
...
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The powers of the letters , when they were applied to a new language must have
been vague and unsettled , and therefore different hands would exhibit the same
sound by different combinations . From this uncertain pronunciation arise in ...
The powers of the letters , when they were applied to a new language must have
been vague and unsettled , and therefore different hands would exhibit the same
sound by different combinations . From this uncertain pronunciation arise in ...
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For these purposes many dictionaries have been written by different authors ,
and with different degrees of skill ; but none of them have yet fallen into my hands
by which even the lowest expectations could be. * Published in 2 vols .
For these purposes many dictionaries have been written by different authors ,
and with different degrees of skill ; but none of them have yet fallen into my hands
by which even the lowest expectations could be. * Published in 2 vols .
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my hands by which even the lowest expectations could be satisfied . Some of
their authors wauted industry , and others literature : some knew not their own
defects , and others were too idle to supply them . For this reason a small
dictionary ...
my hands by which even the lowest expectations could be satisfied . Some of
their authors wauted industry , and others literature : some knew not their own
defects , and others were too idle to supply them . For this reason a small
dictionary ...
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