The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 3G. Dearborn, 1835 |
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... English friend , that Dr. Johnson could never have used the phrase almost nothing , as not being English ; and therefore I have put ano- ther in its place . At the same time , I am not quite convinced it is not good English . For the ...
... English friend , that Dr. Johnson could never have used the phrase almost nothing , as not being English ; and therefore I have put ano- ther in its place . At the same time , I am not quite convinced it is not good English . For the ...
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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 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 Teutonic ; 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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... English poetry , from our deficiency in metrical quantities . In my opinion , the chief ex- cellence of our language is numerous prose . " JoHNSON . ' Sir Wil- liam Temple was the first writer who gave cadence to English prose ...
... English poetry , from our deficiency in metrical quantities . In my opinion , the chief ex- cellence of our language is numerous prose . " JoHNSON . ' Sir Wil- liam Temple was the first writer who gave cadence to English prose ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 11 |
Letters to Boswell c Religious Festivals and PilgrimagesDeath of GoldsmithGreek | 40 |
CHAPTER III | 69 |
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