| 1806 - 420 pages
...pleafing to the ear, or lefs diftinQ: in their fignification, I have familiarifed the terms of philofophy, by applying them to popular ideas, but have rarely admitted any word not authorifed by former writers ; for I believe that whoever knows the Englijh tongue in its prefent extent,... | |
| James Boswell - 1807 - 514 pages
...the simplicity of common life. But let us attend to what he himself says in his concluding paper: " When common words were less pleasing to the ear, or...of philosophy, by applying them to popular ideas." * And, as to the second part of this objection, upon a late careful revision of the work, I can with... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 272 pages
...perhaps, I have added to the elegance of its construction, and something to the harmony of its cadence. When common words were less pleasing to the ear, or...admitted any word not authorised by former writers; for I believe that whoever knows the J^iigtinli tongue in its present extent, will be able to express... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 412 pages
...perhaps, 1 have added to the elegance of its construction, and something to the harmony of its cadence. When common words were less pleasing to the ear, or...-distinct in their signification, I have familiarised Ihe terms of philosophy, by applying them to popular ideas, but have rarely admitted any word not authorised... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 278 pages
...perhaps, I have added to the elegance of Us construction, and something to the harmony of its cadence. When common words were less pleasing to the ear, or less distinct in their signification, I have familiarized the terms of philosophy by applying them to popular ideas, but have rarely admitted any... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 372 pages
...unusual structure, and words derived from the learned language!;. His own account of the matter is, " When common words were less pleasing to the ear, or less distinct in their signification, I familiarized the terms of philosophy, by applying them to popular ideas." But he forgot the observation... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1809 - 524 pages
...adoption of so many Latin polysyllables, are harmony and precision. " Where common words," he remarks, " were less pleasing to the ear, or less distinct in their signification, I have familiarized the terms of philosophy, by applying them to known objects and popular ideas ; but have... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1809 - 520 pages
...adoption of so many Latin polysyllables, are harmony and precision. " Where common words," he remarks, " were less pleasing to the ear, or less distinct in their signification, I have familiarized the terms of philosophy, by applying them to known objects and popular ideas ; but have... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1809 - 530 pages
...adoption of so many Latin polysyllables, are harmony and precision. " Where common words," he remarks, " were less pleasing to the ear, or less distinct in their signification, I have familiarized the terms of philosophy, by applying them to known objects and popular ideas ; but have... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 416 pages
...have added to the elegance of its construction, and something to the harmony of its cadence. _When common words were less pleasing to the ear, -or less distinct in their signification, I have familiarized the terms of philosophy, by applying them to popular ideas, but have rarely admitted any... | |
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