The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2Nichols and Son, 1816 - English literature |
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... French Prisoners of War - On the Bravery of the English Common Soldiers Considerations on the Plans for the Construction of Black Friars Bridge - . 368 371 375 Some Thoughts on Agriculture , Ancient and Modern - 384 Further Thoughts on ...
... French Prisoners of War - On the Bravery of the English Common Soldiers Considerations on the Plans for the Construction of Black Friars Bridge - . 368 371 375 Some Thoughts on Agriculture , Ancient and Modern - 384 Further Thoughts on ...
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... attention in more polished languages . The accuracy of the French , in stating the sounds of their letters , is well known ; and , among the Italians , Crescembeni has not thought it unnecessary to inform AN ENGLISH DICTIONARY . 13.
... attention in more polished languages . The accuracy of the French , in stating the sounds of their letters , is well known ; and , among the Italians , Crescembeni has not thought it unnecessary to inform AN ENGLISH DICTIONARY . 13.
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... French ex- pression , of which we have an example in the com- mon phrase venir à bout d'une affaire . In exhibiting ... French , I shall shew whence the French is apparently derived . Where a Saxon root cannot be found , the defect may ...
... French ex- pression , of which we have an example in the com- mon phrase venir à bout d'une affaire . In exhibiting ... French , I shall shew whence the French is apparently derived . Where a Saxon root cannot be found , the defect may ...
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... their original languages : thus I write enchant , enchant- ment , enchanter , after the French , and incantation after the Latin ; thus entire is chosen rather than intire , because it passed to us not from the 34 PREFACE TO THE.
... their original languages : thus I write enchant , enchant- ment , enchanter , after the French , and incantation after the Latin ; thus entire is chosen rather than intire , because it passed to us not from the 34 PREFACE TO THE.
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... French entier . Of many words it is difficult to say whether they were immediately received from the Latin or the French , since at the time when we had dominions in France , we had Latin service in our churches . It is , however , my ...
... French entier . Of many words it is difficult to say whether they were immediately received from the Latin or the French , since at the time when we had dominions in France , we had Latin service in our churches . It is , however , my ...
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