The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2Nichols and Son, 1816 - English literature |
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... learning , nor the activity of genius , but may be successfully performed without any higher quality than that of bearing burthens with dull patience , and beating the track of the alphabet with sluggish resolution . Whether this ...
... learning , nor the activity of genius , but may be successfully performed without any higher quality than that of bearing burthens with dull patience , and beating the track of the alphabet with sluggish resolution . Whether this ...
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... learning ? The importance of such expli- cations appears from the mistakes which the want of them has occasioned . Had Shakespeare had a dictionary of this kind , he had not made the wood . bine entwine the honeysuckle ; nor would ...
... learning ? The importance of such expli- cations appears from the mistakes which the want of them has occasioned . Had Shakespeare had a dictionary of this kind , he had not made the wood . bine entwine the honeysuckle ; nor would ...
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... learning ; our language is well - known not to be primitive or self - originated , but to have adopted words of every generation , and , either for the supply of its necessities , or the encrease of its copiousness , to have received ...
... learning ; our language is well - known not to be primitive or self - originated , but to have adopted words of every generation , and , either for the supply of its necessities , or the encrease of its copiousness , to have received ...
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... learning , having traced almost every word through various tongues , only to shew what was shewn suffi- ciently by the first derivation . This practice is of great use in synoptical lexicons , where mutilated and doubtful languages are ...
... learning , having traced almost every word through various tongues , only to shew what was shewn suffi- ciently by the first derivation . This practice is of great use in synoptical lexicons , where mutilated and doubtful languages are ...
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... enlarged by accident , and is therefore com- posed of dissimilar parts , thrown together by negli- gence , by affectation , by learning , or by ignorance . Our inflections therefore are by no means con- stant , 16 THE PLAN OF.
... enlarged by accident , and is therefore com- posed of dissimilar parts , thrown together by negli- gence , by affectation , by learning , or by ignorance . Our inflections therefore are by no means con- stant , 16 THE PLAN OF.
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