The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 2Nichols and Son, 1816 - English literature |
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... reader not skilled in physick happens in Milton upon this line , pining atrophy , Marasmus , and wide - wasting ... readers of travels , and of history ; and those of law , merchandise 8 THE PLAN OF.
... reader not skilled in physick happens in Milton upon this line , pining atrophy , Marasmus , and wide - wasting ... readers of travels , and of history ; and those of law , merchandise 8 THE PLAN OF.
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... reader be relieved from difficulties pro- duced by allusions to the crocodile , the chameleon , the ichneumon , and the hyæna ? If no plants are to be mentioned , the most pleasing part of nature will be excluded , and many beautiful ...
... reader be relieved from difficulties pro- duced by allusions to the crocodile , the chameleon , the ichneumon , and the hyæna ? If no plants are to be mentioned , the most pleasing part of nature will be excluded , and many beautiful ...
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... readers should find more than they expect , than that one should miss what he might hope to find . When all the words are selected and arranged , the first part of the work to be considered is the orthography , which was long vague and ...
... readers should find more than they expect , than that one should miss what he might hope to find . When all the words are selected and arranged , the first part of the work to be considered is the orthography , which was long vague and ...
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... readers unacquainted with this kind of study , cannot but appear improbable and capricious . But it may be reasonably imagined , that what is so much in the power of men as lan- guage , will very often be capriciously conducted . Nor ...
... readers unacquainted with this kind of study , cannot but appear improbable and capricious . But it may be reasonably imagined , that what is so much in the power of men as lan- guage , will very often be capriciously conducted . Nor ...
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... readers , that the explications should be sufficient for common use ; and since , without some attention to such de- mands , the Dictionary cannot become generally valuable , I have determined to consult the best writers for ...
... readers , that the explications should be sufficient for common use ; and since , without some attention to such de- mands , the Dictionary cannot become generally valuable , I have determined to consult the best writers for ...
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