The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 2Luke Hansard, 1806 |
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... first I undertook to write an English Dictionary , I had no expectation of any higher patronage than that of the proprietors of the copy , nor prospect of any other advantage than the price of my labour . I knew that the work in which I ...
... first I undertook to write an English Dictionary , I had no expectation of any higher patronage than that of the proprietors of the copy , nor prospect of any other advantage than the price of my labour . I knew that the work in which I ...
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... first attempt to methodise my ideas I found a difficulty , which extended itfelf to the whole work . It was not eafy to determine by what rule of diftinction the words of this Dictionary were to be chofen . The chief intent of it is to ...
... first attempt to methodise my ideas I found a difficulty , which extended itfelf to the whole work . It was not eafy to determine by what rule of diftinction the words of this Dictionary were to be chofen . The chief intent of it is to ...
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... first effay , but found after- wards a neceffity of relaxing the rigour of their de- termination ; and , though they would not naturalize them at once by a fingle act , permitted them by degrees to fettle themselves among the natives ...
... first effay , but found after- wards a neceffity of relaxing the rigour of their de- termination ; and , though they would not naturalize them at once by a fingle act , permitted them by degrees to fettle themselves among the natives ...
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... first part of the work to be confidered is the orthography , which was long vague and uncertain ; which at laft , when its fluctuation ceafed , was in many cafes fettled but by accident ; and in which , according to your Lordship's ...
... first part of the work to be confidered is the orthography , which was long vague and uncertain ; which at laft , when its fluctuation ceafed , was in many cafes fettled but by accident ; and in which , according to your Lordship's ...
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... first change will naturally begin by corruptions in the living fpeech . The want of certain rules for the pronunciation of former ages , has made us wholly ignorant of the metrical art of our ancient poets ; and fince those who study ...
... first change will naturally begin by corruptions in the living fpeech . The want of certain rules for the pronunciation of former ages , has made us wholly ignorant of the metrical art of our ancient poets ; and fince those who study ...
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