Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.H. Washbourne, 1857 - 580 pages |
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... Dictionary of the ENGLISH LAN- GUAGE , addressed to Philip Dormer , Earl of Ches- terfield . acknowl . For the Gentleman's Magazine . 1748. Life of Roscommon . acknowl . Foreign History , November , intern . evid . For Mr. Dodsley's ...
... Dictionary of the ENGLISH LAN- GUAGE , addressed to Philip Dormer , Earl of Ches- terfield . acknowl . For the Gentleman's Magazine . 1748. Life of Roscommon . acknowl . Foreign History , November , intern . evid . For Mr. Dodsley's ...
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... Dictionary ; and because he thought it right in a Lexicon of our language to collect many words which had fallen into disuse , but were supported by great authorities , it has been imagined that all of these have been interwoven into ...
... Dictionary ; and because he thought it right in a Lexicon of our language to collect many words which had fallen into disuse , but were supported by great authorities , it has been imagined that all of these have been interwoven into ...
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... Dictionary may do very well ; but you cannot always carry it about with you : and , when you want the word , you have not the Dictionary . It is like a man who has a sword that will not draw . It is an admirable sword , to be sure : but ...
... Dictionary may do very well ; but you cannot always carry it about with you : and , when you want the word , you have not the Dictionary . It is like a man who has a sword that will not draw . It is an admirable sword , to be sure : but ...
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