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... language , for almost a century , has , by the concurrence of many causes , been gradually departing from its original Teutonick character , and deviating toward a Gallick structure and phraseology , from which it ought to be our ...
... language , for almost a century , has , by the concurrence of many causes , been gradually departing from its original Teutonick character , and deviating toward a Gallick structure and phraseology , from which it ought to be our ...
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... language had , by the end of the sixteenth century , developed from its original barbarism into a state approaching perfection , but ( 2 ) that in his own day there was danger of a decline . His aim was to stay this decline ; to check ...
... language had , by the end of the sixteenth century , developed from its original barbarism into a state approaching perfection , but ( 2 ) that in his own day there was danger of a decline . His aim was to stay this decline ; to check ...
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... language , of his own formation , " but I think he put his additions at too low a figure . In this manu- facture he displayed a striking ingenuity . " He said to me , as we travelled , ' these people , sir , that Gerrard talks of , may ...
... language , of his own formation , " but I think he put his additions at too low a figure . In this manu- facture he displayed a striking ingenuity . " He said to me , as we travelled , ' these people , sir , that Gerrard talks of , may ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 9 |
JOHNSONS STYLE AND MANNERISMS | 24 |
JOHNSON ON PASTORAL | 60 |
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