THE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.1823 |
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... observation that arises from the comparison of one meaning with another ; as , it may be remarked of the word arrive , that , in con- sequence of its original and etymological sense , it cannot be properly applied but to words ...
... observation that arises from the comparison of one meaning with another ; as , it may be remarked of the word arrive , that , in con- sequence of its original and etymological sense , it cannot be properly applied but to words ...
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... observe some obvious rules ; such as of preferring writers of the first reputation to those of an inferior rank ; of noting the quotations with accuracy ; and of selecting , when it can be conveniently done , such sentences , as ...
... observe some obvious rules ; such as of preferring writers of the first reputation to those of an inferior rank ; of noting the quotations with accuracy ; and of selecting , when it can be conveniently done , such sentences , as ...
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... observations so minute and accurate are to be desired , rather than expected ; and if use be carefully supplied , curiosity must sometimes bear its disappointments . This , my Lord , is my idea of an English Dic- tionary ; a dictionary ...
... observations so minute and accurate are to be desired , rather than expected ; and if use be carefully supplied , curiosity must sometimes bear its disappointments . This , my Lord , is my idea of an English Dic- tionary ; a dictionary ...
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... observation were continually in- creasing ; and analogy , which , though in some words obscure , was evident in others . In adjusting the Orthography , which has been to this time unsettled and fortuitous , I found it neces- sary to ...
... observation were continually in- creasing ; and analogy , which , though in some words obscure , was evident in others . In adjusting the Orthography , which has been to this time unsettled and fortuitous , I found it neces- sary to ...
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... from the French ; and considering myself as employed only in the illustration of my own language , I have not been very careful to observe whether the Latin word be pure or bartarus , or the French degant 38 PREFACE TO THE.
... from the French ; and considering myself as employed only in the illustration of my own language , I have not been very careful to observe whether the Latin word be pure or bartarus , or the French degant 38 PREFACE TO THE.
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