The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 7J. Murray, 1839 |
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... English Dictionary , in which he said , I might see Bacon very often quoted . Mr. Seward recollects his having mentioned , that a dic- tionary of the English language might be compiled from Bacon's writings alone , and that he had once ...
... English Dictionary , in which he said , I might see Bacon very often quoted . Mr. Seward recollects his having mentioned , that a dic- tionary of the English language might be compiled from Bacon's writings alone , and that he had once ...
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... English in it . " JOHNSON . " It may have been radically Teutonic ; but English and High Dutch have no similarity to the eye , though radi- cally the same . Once , when looking into Low Dutch , I found , in a whole page , only one word ...
... English in it . " JOHNSON . " It may have been radically Teutonic ; but English and High Dutch have no similarity to the eye , though radi- cally the same . Once , when looking into Low Dutch , I found , in a whole page , only one word ...
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... English poem ; that is the way to judge of the merit of a translation . Translations are , in general , for people ... English poetry , from our de- ficiency in metrical quantities . In my opinion , the chief excellence of our language ...
... English poem ; that is the way to judge of the merit of a translation . Translations are , in general , for people ... English poetry , from our de- ficiency in metrical quantities . In my opinion , the chief excellence of our language ...
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CHAPTER II | 49 |
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