The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 10F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... shew by what gradations the word departed from its original . Closely connected with orthography is pronuncia- tion , the stability of which is of great importance to the duration of a language , because the first change will naturally ...
... shew by what gradations the word departed from its original . Closely connected with orthography is pronuncia- tion , the stability of which is of great importance to the duration of a language , because the first change will naturally ...
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... shews of 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 ...
... shews of 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 ...
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... 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 explained by their af- finity to others more certain and extensive , but is ...
... 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 explained by their af- finity to others more certain and extensive , but is ...
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... shew him a track by which he may deviate from his purpose , to which Skinner always presses forward by the shortest way . Skin- ner is often ignorant , but never ridiculous : Junius is always full of knowledge ; but his variety dis ...
... shew him a track by which he may deviate from his purpose , to which Skinner always presses forward by the shortest way . Skin- ner is often ignorant , but never ridiculous : Junius is always full of knowledge ; but his variety dis ...
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... shew by what gradations of intermediate sense it has passed from its primitive to its remote and accidental signi- fication ; so that every foregoing explanation should tend to that which follows , and the series be regu- larly ...
... shew by what gradations of intermediate sense it has passed from its primitive to its remote and accidental signi- fication ; so that every foregoing explanation should tend to that which follows , and the series be regu- larly ...
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