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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 , easy , and smooth in the mouth of an ...
... 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 , easy , and smooth in the mouth of an ...
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... English press ; and a concise account of the life of each authour , by Dr. Johnson , will be a very valuable addition , and stamp the reputa- tion of this edition superiour to any thing that is gone before . The first cause that gave ...
... English press ; and a concise account of the life of each authour , by Dr. Johnson , will be a very valuable addition , and stamp the reputa- tion of this edition superiour to any thing that is gone before . The first cause that gave ...
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... English in it . " JOHNSON . " It may have been radically Teutonick ; but English and High Dutch have no similarity to the eye , though radically 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 Teutonick ; but English and High Dutch have no similarity to the eye , though radically the same . Once when looking into Low Dutch , I found , in a whole page , only one word ...
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