The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2Nichols and Son, 1816 - English literature |
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... trades , so far as they can be sup posed useful in the occurrences of common life . But there ought , however , to be some distinc- tion made between the different classes of words ; and therefore it will be proper to print those which ...
... trades , so far as they can be sup posed useful in the occurrences of common life . But there ought , however , to be some distinc- tion made between the different classes of words ; and therefore it will be proper to print those which ...
Page 190
... trade of writing began at that time , and that it has ever . since gradually increased in the number , though , perhaps , not in the style of those that followed it . " In this reign was erected the first secret press against the church ...
... trade of writing began at that time , and that it has ever . since gradually increased in the number , though , perhaps , not in the style of those that followed it . " In this reign was erected the first secret press against the church ...
Page 209
... trade of distant na- tions with one another , and because they thought only on war and conquest , as their empire in- creased , commerce was discouraged ; till under the latter emperors , ships seem to have been of little other use than ...
... trade of distant na- tions with one another , and because they thought only on war and conquest , as their empire in- creased , commerce was discouraged ; till under the latter emperors , ships seem to have been of little other use than ...
Page 216
... trade of Africa now began to be profitable , but a great part of the gain arose from the sale of slaves , who were annually brought into Portugal , by hundreds , as Lafitau relates , and without any appearance of indignation or ...
... trade of Africa now began to be profitable , but a great part of the gain arose from the sale of slaves , who were annually brought into Portugal , by hundreds , as Lafitau relates , and without any appearance of indignation or ...
Page 219
... trade was assigned for a certain term to Ferdinando Gomez ; which seems to be the common method of establishing a trade that is yet too small to engage the care of a nation , and can only be enlarged by that attention which is bestowed ...
... trade was assigned for a certain term to Ferdinando Gomez ; which seems to be the common method of establishing a trade that is yet too small to engage the care of a nation , and can only be enlarged by that attention which is bestowed ...
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