The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 2Luke Hansard, 1806 |
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Page 9
... lefs ac- quainted ; and if they are all rejected how will the reader be relieved from difficulties produced by allufions to the crocodile , the chameleon , the ich- neumon , and the hyæna ? If no plants are to be mentioned the moft ...
... lefs ac- quainted ; and if they are all rejected how will the reader be relieved from difficulties produced by allufions to the crocodile , the chameleon , the ich- neumon , and the hyæna ? If no plants are to be mentioned the moft ...
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... lefs dif- ferent , as books are multiplied ; and from this ar- bitrary representation of founds by letters , proceeds that diverfity of fpelling obfervable in the Saron VOL . II . remains , D remains , and I fuppofe in the first books ...
... lefs dif- ferent , as books are multiplied ; and from this ar- bitrary representation of founds by letters , proceeds that diverfity of fpelling obfervable in the Saron VOL . II . remains , D remains , and I fuppofe in the first books ...
Page 35
... lefs majority , convey and inveigh , deceit and receipt , fancy and phantom ; fometimes the derivative varies from the primitive , as explain and explanation , repeat , and repetition . Some combinations of letters having the fame power ...
... lefs majority , convey and inveigh , deceit and receipt , fancy and phantom ; fometimes the derivative varies from the primitive , as explain and explanation , repeat , and repetition . Some combinations of letters having the fame power ...
Page 36
... lefs ought our written language to comply with the corruptions of oral utterance , or copy that which every variation of time or place makes different from itself , and imitate thofe changes , which will again be changed , while ...
... lefs ought our written language to comply with the corruptions of oral utterance , or copy that which every variation of time or place makes different from itself , and imitate thofe changes , which will again be changed , while ...
Page 42
... ; adverbs in ly , as dully , openly ; fubftantives in nefs , as vileness , faultinefs ; were lefs diligently fought , and fometimes have been omitted , when I had no authority that invited me to infert them I had 42 PREFACE TO THE.
... ; adverbs in ly , as dully , openly ; fubftantives in nefs , as vileness , faultinefs ; were lefs diligently fought , and fometimes have been omitted , when I had no authority that invited me to infert them I had 42 PREFACE TO THE.
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