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... hope , from the emulation with which thofe , who defire the praife of elegance or difcern- ment , must contend in the promotion of a defign that B 3 T 、 that you , my Lord , have not thought unworthy AN ENGLISH DICTIONARY . 5.
... hope , from the emulation with which thofe , who defire the praife of elegance or difcern- ment , must contend in the promotion of a defign that B 3 T 、 that you , my Lord , have not thought unworthy AN ENGLISH DICTIONARY . 5.
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... must be learned from the dictionary rather than the grammar . The verbs are 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 ...
... must be learned from the dictionary rather than the grammar . The verbs are 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 ...
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... must remark how the writers of former ages have ufed the fame word , and confider whether he can be acquitted of im- propriety , upon the teftimony of Davies , given in his favour by a fimilar paffage . She loaths the wat'ry glass ...
... must remark how the writers of former ages have ufed the fame word , and confider whether he can be acquitted of im- propriety , upon the teftimony of Davies , given in his favour by a fimilar paffage . She loaths the wat'ry glass ...
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... must have been vague and unfettled , and therefore different hands would exhibit the fame found by different combinations .拱 From this uncertain pronunciation arife in great part the various dialects of the fame country , which will ...
... must have been vague and unfettled , and therefore different hands would exhibit the fame found by different combinations .拱 From this uncertain pronunciation arife in great part the various dialects of the fame country , which will ...
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... must be pre- ferved in systematical works , though fometimes at the expence of particular propriety . Among other derivatives I have been careful to infert and elucidate the anomalous plurals of nouns and preterities of verbs , which in ...
... must be pre- ferved in systematical works , though fometimes at the expence of particular propriety . Among other derivatives I have been careful to infert and elucidate the anomalous plurals of nouns and preterities of verbs , which in ...
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