“The” Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J.M. Dent, 1949 |
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Page 63
... means , he had acquired a competent knowledge both of French and Italian , I do not know ; but he was so well skilled in them , as to be sufficiently qualified for a translator . That part of his labour which consisted in emendation and ...
... means , he had acquired a competent knowledge both of French and Italian , I do not know ; but he was so well skilled in them , as to be sufficiently qualified for a translator . That part of his labour which consisted in emendation and ...
Page 289
... means niggardly , his attention to what was generally right was so minute , that having observed at one of the stages that I ostentatiously gave a shilling to the coachman , when the custom was for each passenger to give only six ...
... means niggardly , his attention to what was generally right was so minute , that having observed at one of the stages that I ostentatiously gave a shilling to the coachman , when the custom was for each passenger to give only six ...
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... means good English , and makes " the fools who use it , " truly ridiculous . Good English is plain , easy , and ... mean that we should speak as broad as a certain prosperous member of Parliament from that country ; though it has been ...
... means good English , and makes " the fools who use it , " truly ridiculous . Good English is plain , easy , and ... mean that we should speak as broad as a certain prosperous member of Parliament from that country ; though it has been ...
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