“The” Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J.M. Dent, 1949 |
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Page 106
... ENGLISH LANGUAGE , was announced to the world , by the publication of its Plan or PROSPECTUS . • How long this immense undertaking had been the object of his contemplation , I do not know . I once asked him by what means he had attained ...
... ENGLISH LANGUAGE , was announced to the world , by the publication of its Plan or PROSPECTUS . • How long this immense undertaking had been the object of his contemplation , I do not know . I once asked him by what means he had attained ...
Page 164
... English translation on the opposite page . The English title - page is this : An account of an Attempt to ascertain the Longitude at Sea , by an exact Variation of the Magnetical Needle , & c . By Zachariah Williams . London , printed ...
... English translation on the opposite page . The English title - page is this : An account of an Attempt to ascertain the Longitude at Sea , by an exact Variation of the Magnetical Needle , & c . By Zachariah Williams . London , printed ...
Page 417
... English , and makes " the fools who use it , " truly ridiculous . Good English is plain , easy , and smooth in the mouth of an unaffected English Gentleman . A studied and factitious pronunciation , which requires perpetual attention ...
... English , and makes " the fools who use it , " truly ridiculous . Good English is plain , easy , and smooth in the mouth of an unaffected English Gentleman . A studied and factitious pronunciation , which requires perpetual attention ...
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