Works: With an Essay on His Life and Genius, Band 2Thomas Tegg and others, 1824 |
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... easy to determine by what rule of distinction the words of this dictionary were to be chosen . The chief intent of it is to preserve the purity , and ascertain the meaning of our English idiom ; and this seems to require nothing more ...
... easy to determine by what rule of distinction the words of this dictionary were to be chosen . The chief intent of it is to preserve the purity , and ascertain the meaning of our English idiom ; and this seems to require nothing more ...
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... easy to state a rule by which we may decide between custom and reason , or between the equi- ponderant authorities of writers alike eminent for judgment and accuracy . The great orthographical contest has long subsisted between ...
... easy to state a rule by which we may decide between custom and reason , or between the equi- ponderant authorities of writers alike eminent for judgment and accuracy . The great orthographical contest has long subsisted between ...
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... easy task of rejecting superfluities . By tracing in this manner every word to its ori- ginal , and not admitting , but with great caution , any of which no original can be found , we shall se- cure our language from being over - run ...
... easy task of rejecting superfluities . By tracing in this manner every word to its ori- ginal , and not admitting , but with great caution , any of which no original can be found , we shall se- cure our language from being over - run ...
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... easy to translate the words bright , sweet , salt , bitter , into another language , it is not easy to explain them . With regard to the interpretation , many other questions have required consideration . It was some time doubted ...
... easy to translate the words bright , sweet , salt , bitter , into another language , it is not easy to explain them . With regard to the interpretation , many other questions have required consideration . It was some time doubted ...
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... easy to despise , and laughter it is easy to repay . I shall not be solicitous what is thought of my work by such 24 THE PLAN OF.
... easy to despise , and laughter it is easy to repay . I shall not be solicitous what is thought of my work by such 24 THE PLAN OF.
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