THE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.1823 |
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... attention it may exhibit , is yet capable of many improve- ments : the orthography which I recommend is still controvertible ; the etymology which I adopt is uncertain , and perhaps frequently erroneous ; the explanations are sometimes ...
... attention it may exhibit , is yet capable of many improve- ments : the orthography which I recommend is still controvertible ; the etymology which I adopt is uncertain , and perhaps frequently erroneous ; the explanations are sometimes ...
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... attention to things ; to pierce deep into every science , to enquire the nature of every substance of which I inserted the name , to limit every idea by a definition strictly logical , and exhibit every production of art or nature in an ...
... attention to things ; to pierce deep into every science , to enquire the nature of every substance of which I inserted the name , to limit every idea by a definition strictly logical , and exhibit every production of art or nature in an ...
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... attention to their etymology , and partly by ob- servation of the practice of the best authors . IV . The etymologies and derivations , whether from foreign languages or from native roots , are more diligently traced , and more ...
... attention to their etymology , and partly by ob- servation of the practice of the best authors . IV . The etymologies and derivations , whether from foreign languages or from native roots , are more diligently traced , and more ...
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... attention by hy- perbolical or aggravated characters , by fabulous and unexampled excellence or depravity , as the writers of barbarous romances invigorated the reader by a giant and a dwarf ; and he that should form his expecta- tions ...
... attention by hy- perbolical or aggravated characters , by fabulous and unexampled excellence or depravity , as the writers of barbarous romances invigorated the reader by a giant and a dwarf ; and he that should form his expecta- tions ...
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... attention may be easily transferred ; and though it must be allowed that pleasing melancholy be sometimes interrupted by unwelcome levity , yet let it be considered likewise , that melancholy is often not pleasing , and that the ...
... attention may be easily transferred ; and though it must be allowed that pleasing melancholy be sometimes interrupted by unwelcome levity , yet let it be considered likewise , that melancholy is often not pleasing , and that the ...
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