THE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.1823 |
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... difficulty : the defi- ciency of dictionaries was immediately apparent ; and when they were exhausted , what was yet want- ing must be sought by fortuitous and unguided ex- cursions into books , and gleaned as industry should find , or ...
... difficulty : the defi- ciency of dictionaries was immediately apparent ; and when they were exhausted , what was yet want- ing must be sought by fortuitous and unguided ex- cursions into books , and gleaned as industry should find , or ...
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... difficulty . We modify the signification of many verbs by a par- ticle subjoined ; as to come off , to escape by a fetch ; to fall on , to attack ; to fall off , to apostatize ; to break off , to stop abruptly ; to bear out , to justify ...
... difficulty . We modify the signification of many verbs by a par- ticle subjoined ; as to come off , to escape by a fetch ; to fall on , to attack ; to fall off , to apostatize ; to break off , to stop abruptly ; to bear out , to justify ...
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... difficulty will , by those that have never considered words beyond their popular use , be thought only the jargon of a man willing to magnify his labours , and procure veneration to his studies by involution and obscurity . But every ...
... difficulty will , by those that have never considered words beyond their popular use , be thought only the jargon of a man willing to magnify his labours , and procure veneration to his studies by involution and obscurity . But every ...
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... difficulty , it will be always proper to examine all the words of the same race ; for some words are slightly passed over to avoid re- petition , some admitted easier and clearer explana- tion than others , and all will be better ...
... difficulty , it will be always proper to examine all the words of the same race ; for some words are slightly passed over to avoid re- petition , some admitted easier and clearer explana- tion than others , and all will be better ...
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... difficulty are merely relative ; and if the present prevalence of our language should invite foreigners to this Dic ... difficulties , and the supply of all defects must be sought in the examples , subjoined to the various senses of each ...
... difficulty are merely relative ; and if the present prevalence of our language should invite foreigners to this Dic ... difficulties , and the supply of all defects must be sought in the examples , subjoined to the various senses of each ...
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