THE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.1823 |
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Page 14
... imagined , that what is so much in the power of men as lan- guage , will very often be capriciously conducted . Nor are these disquisitions and conjectures to be considered altogether as wanton sports of wit , or vain shews of learning ...
... imagined , that what is so much in the power of men as lan- guage , will very often be capriciously conducted . Nor are these disquisitions and conjectures to be considered altogether as wanton sports of wit , or vain shews of learning ...
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... imagined it derived immediately from the Latin ; and some words , such as dependant , dependent ; de- pendance , dependence , vary their final syllable , as one or other language is present to the writer . In this part of the work ...
... imagined it derived immediately from the Latin ; and some words , such as dependant , dependent ; de- pendance , dependence , vary their final syllable , as one or other language is present to the writer . In this part of the work ...
Page 36
... imagined it derived immediately from the Latin ; and some words , such as dependant , dependent ; de- pendance , dependence , vary their final syllable , as one or other language is present to the writer . In this part of the work ...
... imagined it derived immediately from the Latin ; and some words , such as dependant , dependent ; de- pendance , dependence , vary their final syllable , as one or other language is present to the writer . In this part of the work ...
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... imagined to require them . There is another kind of composition more fre- quent in our language than perhaps in any other , from which arises to foreigners the greatest difficulty . We modify the signification of many verbs by a par ...
... imagined to require them . There is another kind of composition more fre- quent in our language than perhaps in any other , from which arises to foreigners the greatest difficulty . We modify the signification of many verbs by a par ...
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... imagined that Shakespeare would reproach the mur- derer of his king only with want of manners . There are undoubtedly two faults in this passage , which I have endeavoured to take away by reading -Daggers Unmanly drench'd with gore . I ...
... imagined that Shakespeare would reproach the mur- derer of his king only with want of manners . There are undoubtedly two faults in this passage , which I have endeavoured to take away by reading -Daggers Unmanly drench'd with gore . I ...
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