The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 2Luke Hansard, 1806 |
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Page 14
... increase it . When the orthography and pronunciation are ad- jufted , the etymology or derivation is next to be confidered , and the words are to be distinguished according to the different claffes , whether fimple , as day , light , or ...
... increase it . When the orthography and pronunciation are ad- jufted , the etymology or derivation is next to be confidered , and the words are to be distinguished according to the different claffes , whether fimple , as day , light , or ...
Page 63
... increases , fome expreffions will be confidered as too grofs and vulgar for the delicate , others as too formal and ceremonious for the gay and airy ; new phrafes are therefore adopted , which muft , for the fame reafons , be in time ...
... increases , fome expreffions will be confidered as too grofs and vulgar for the delicate , others as too formal and ceremonious for the gay and airy ; new phrafes are therefore adopted , which muft , for the fame reafons , be in time ...
Page 145
... increase , nor fuffers decay . The fand heaped by one flood is fcattered by another , but the rock always continues in its place . The fiream of time , which is continually washing the diffoluble fabricks of other poets , paffes without ...
... increase , nor fuffers decay . The fand heaped by one flood is fcattered by another , but the rock always continues in its place . The fiream of time , which is continually washing the diffoluble fabricks of other poets , paffes without ...
Page 155
... increase or diminish its effect . Familiar comedy is often more powerful on the theatre , than in the page , imperial tragedy is always lefs . The humour of Petruchio may be heightened by grimace ; but what voice or what gefture can ...
... increase or diminish its effect . Familiar comedy is often more powerful on the theatre , than in the page , imperial tragedy is always lefs . The humour of Petruchio may be heightened by grimace ; but what voice or what gefture can ...
Page 165
... increase his ideas , like other mortals , by gradual acquifition , he , like them , grew wifer as he grew older , could display life better , as he knew it more , and inftruct with more efficacy , as he was himself more amply in ...
... increase his ideas , like other mortals , by gradual acquifition , he , like them , grew wifer as he grew older , could display life better , as he knew it more , and inftruct with more efficacy , as he was himself more amply in ...
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