The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Volume 1Dent, 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 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 ...
Page 571
... English resident , so we shall not be taken for vagabonds . We think to go one way and return another , and for as ... English nuns , and I talked with her through the grate , and I am very kindly used by the English Benedictine ...
... English resident , so we shall not be taken for vagabonds . We think to go one way and return another , and for as ... English nuns , and I talked with her through the grate , and I am very kindly used by the English Benedictine ...
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