The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 2Luke Hansard, 1806 |
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... likewife would be fafe . I was drawn forward with the pro- fpect of employment , which , though not fplendid , would be useful ; and which , though it could not make my life envied , would keep it innocent ; which would awaken no ...
... likewife would be fafe . I was drawn forward with the pro- fpect of employment , which , though not fplendid , would be useful ; and which , though it could not make my life envied , would keep it innocent ; which would awaken no ...
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... likewife fometimes proper to trace back the orthography of different ages , and fhew by what gradations the word departed from its original . Clofely connected with orthography is pronun- ciation , the ftability of which is of great ...
... likewife fometimes proper to trace back the orthography of different ages , and fhew by what gradations the word departed from its original . Clofely connected with orthography is pronun- ciation , the ftability of which is of great ...
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Samuel Johnson Alexander Chalmers. It may be likewife proper to remark metrical li- cences , fuch as contractions , generous , gen'rous ; re- verend , rev'rend ; and coalitions , as region , queftion . But it is still more neceffary to ...
Samuel Johnson Alexander Chalmers. It may be likewife proper to remark metrical li- cences , fuch as contractions , generous , gen'rous ; re- verend , rev'rend ; and coalitions , as region , queftion . But it is still more neceffary to ...
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... likewife an etymology of phrafes . Expreffions are often taken from other languages , fome apparently , as to run a rifque , courir un rifque ; and fome even when we do not feem to borrow their words ; thus , to bring about or ...
... likewife an etymology of phrafes . Expreffions are often taken from other languages , fome apparently , as to run a rifque , courir un rifque ; and fome even when we do not feem to borrow their words ; thus , to bring about or ...
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... likewife to be diftinguished accord- ing to their qualities , as actives from neuters ; the neglect of which has already introduced fome bar- barities in our converfation , which , if not obviated by just animadverfions , may in time ...
... likewife to be diftinguished accord- ing to their qualities , as actives from neuters ; the neglect of which has already introduced fome bar- barities in our converfation , which , if not obviated by just animadverfions , may in time ...
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