The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 2Luke Hansard, 1806 |
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... muft be eftimated by its ufe : it is not enough that a diction- ary delights the critick , unless , at the fame time , it inftructs the learner ; as it is to little purpofe that an engine amufes the philofoplier by the fubtilty of its ...
... muft be eftimated by its ufe : it is not enough that a diction- ary delights the critick , unless , at the fame time , it inftructs the learner ; as it is to little purpofe that an engine amufes the philofoplier by the fubtilty of its ...
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... muft admit thofe which are more known , as well as those with which we are , by accident , lefs ac- quainted ; and if they are all rejected how will the reader be relieved from difficulties produced by allufions to the crocodile , the ...
... muft admit thofe which are more known , as well as those with which we are , by accident , lefs ac- quainted ; and if they are all rejected how will the reader be relieved from difficulties produced by allufions to the crocodile , the ...
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... muft depend , it will be proper to obferve fome obvious rules ; fuch as of preferring writers of the first reputation to those of an inferior rank ; of noting the quotations with accuracy ; and of felecting , when it can be conveniently ...
... muft depend , it will be proper to obferve fome obvious rules ; fuch as of preferring writers of the first reputation to those of an inferior rank ; of noting the quotations with accuracy ; and of felecting , when it can be conveniently ...
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... muft fometimes bear its difappoint- ments . ' This , my Lord , is my idea of an English Dic- tionary ; a dictionary by which the pronunciation of our language may be fixed , and its attainment fa- cilitated ; by which its purity may be ...
... muft fometimes bear its difappoint- ments . ' This , my Lord , is my idea of an English Dic- tionary ; a dictionary by which the pronunciation of our language may be fixed , and its attainment fa- cilitated ; by which its purity may be ...
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... muft be tolerated among the imperfections of human things , and which re- quire only to be registered , that they may not be increased , and afcertained , that they may not be confounded : but every language has likewife its ...
... muft be tolerated among the imperfections of human things , and which re- quire only to be registered , that they may not be increased , and afcertained , that they may not be confounded : but every language has likewife its ...
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