The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great-Britain, for Near Half a Century, During which He Flourished. In Three VolumesHenry Baldwin, 1793 |
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... English . He would not admit civilization , but only civility . With great deference to him , I thought civilization , from to civilize , better in the fenfe opposed to bar- barity , than civility , as it is better to have a diftinct ...
... English . He would not admit civilization , but only civility . With great deference to him , I thought civilization , from to civilize , better in the fenfe opposed to bar- barity , than civility , as it is better to have a diftinct ...
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... English pronunciation . " JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , few of them do , because they do not persevere after acquiring a certain de- gree of it . But , Sir , there can be no doubt that they may attain to a perfect English pronunciation , if ...
... English pronunciation . " JOHNSON . " Why , Sir , few of them do , because they do not persevere after acquiring a certain de- gree of it . But , Sir , there can be no doubt that they may attain to a perfect English pronunciation , if ...
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... English , as we are apt to call what is far removed from the Scotch , but which is by no means good English , and makes " the fools who use it , " truly ridiculous . Good English is plain , eafy , and fmooth in the mouth of an unaffected ...
... English , as we are apt to call what is far removed from the Scotch , but which is by no means good English , and makes " the fools who use it , " truly ridiculous . Good English is plain , eafy , and fmooth in the mouth of an unaffected ...
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... English speaker . " I would give as an inftance of what I mean to recommend to my countrymen , the pronunciation of the late Sir Gilbert Elliot ; and may I prefume to add that of the present Earl of Marchmont , who told me , with great ...
... English speaker . " I would give as an inftance of what I mean to recommend to my countrymen , the pronunciation of the late Sir Gilbert Elliot ; and may I prefume to add that of the present Earl of Marchmont , who told me , with great ...
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... English compofition . Some think Swift's the best ; others prefer a fuller and grander way of writing . " JOHNSON . " Sir , you must first define what you mean by ftyle , before you can judge who has a good taste in ftyle , and who has ...
... English compofition . Some think Swift's the best ; others prefer a fuller and grander way of writing . " JOHNSON . " Sir , you must first define what you mean by ftyle , before you can judge who has a good taste in ftyle , and who has ...
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