THE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. |
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... but by special precedents ; and in examining whether Addison has been with
justice accused of a solecism in this passage , The poor inhabitantStarves in the
midst of nature ' s bounty curst , And in the loaden vineyard dies for thirst , it is not
...
... but by special precedents ; and in examining whether Addison has been with
justice accused of a solecism in this passage , The poor inhabitantStarves in the
midst of nature ' s bounty curst , And in the loaden vineyard dies for thirst , it is not
...
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blished laws of speech ; but we must remark how the writers of former ages have
used the same word , and consider whether he can be acquitted of impropriety ,
upon the testimony of Davies , given in his favour by a similar passage .
blished laws of speech ; but we must remark how the writers of former ages have
used the same word , and consider whether he can be acquitted of impropriety ,
upon the testimony of Davies , given in his favour by a similar passage .
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Some passages I have yet spared , which may relieve the labour of verbal
searches , and intersperse with verdure and flowers the dusty desarts of barren
philology . The examples , thus mutilated , are no longer to be considered as
conveying ...
Some passages I have yet spared , which may relieve the labour of verbal
searches , and intersperse with verdure and flowers the dusty desarts of barren
philology . The examples , thus mutilated , are no longer to be considered as
conveying ...
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... such passages I have therefore chosen , and when it happened that any author
gave a definition of a term , or such an explanation as is equivalent to a definition
, I have placed his authority as a supplement to my own , without regard to the ...
... such passages I have therefore chosen , and when it happened that any author
gave a definition of a term , or such an explanation as is equivalent to a definition
, I have placed his authority as a supplement to my own , without regard to the ...
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... ascertained by a passage clear and determinate : the word , how often soever
repeated , appears with new associates and in different combinations , and every
quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language .
... ascertained by a passage clear and determinate : the word , how often soever
repeated , appears with new associates and in different combinations , and every
quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language .
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