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... second or third : though therefore my performance should fall below the excellence of other dictionaries , I may obtain , at least , the 1 praise of having endeavoured well ; nor shall I think AN ENGLISH DICTIONARY . 29.
... second or third : though therefore my performance should fall below the excellence of other dictionaries , I may obtain , at least , the 1 praise of having endeavoured well ; nor shall I think AN ENGLISH DICTIONARY . 29.
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With an Essay on His Life and Genius Samuel Johnson. praise of having endeavoured well ; nor shall I think it any reproach to my diligence , that I have retired without a triumph , from a contest with united aca- demies , and long ...
With an Essay on His Life and Genius Samuel Johnson. praise of having endeavoured well ; nor shall I think it any reproach to my diligence , that I have retired without a triumph , from a contest with united aca- demies , and long ...
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... endeavoured to pro- ceed with a scholar's reverence for antiquity , and a grammarian's regard to the genius of our tongue . I have attempted few alterations , and among those few , perhaps the greater part is from the modern to the ...
... endeavoured to pro- ceed with a scholar's reverence for antiquity , and a grammarian's regard to the genius of our tongue . I have attempted few alterations , and among those few , perhaps the greater part is from the modern to the ...
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... endeavoured to make some reparation for the universal negligence of my prede- cessors , by inserting great numbers of compounded words , as may be found under after , fore , new , night , fair , and many more . These , numerous as they ...
... endeavoured to make some reparation for the universal negligence of my prede- cessors , by inserting great numbers of compounded words , as may be found under after , fore , new , night , fair , and many more . These , numerous as they ...
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... endeavoured , but could not always attain . Words are seldom ex- actly synonymous ; a new term was not introduced , but because the former was thought inadequate : names , therefore , have often many ideas , but few ideas have many ...
... endeavoured , but could not always attain . Words are seldom ex- actly synonymous ; a new term was not introduced , but because the former was thought inadequate : names , therefore , have often many ideas , but few ideas have many ...
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