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... means , and be left alone by following the crowd . When a question of orthography is dubious , that practice has , in my opinion , a claim to preference which preserves the greatest number of radical let- ters , or seems most to comply ...
... means , and be left alone by following the crowd . When a question of orthography is dubious , that practice has , in my opinion , a claim to preference which preserves the greatest number of radical let- ters , or seems most to comply ...
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... and enlarged by accident , and is therefore composed of dissimilar parts , thrown together by negligence , by affecta- tion , by learning , or by ignorance . Our inflections therefore are by no means con- stant , 16 THE PLAN OF.
... and enlarged by accident , and is therefore composed of dissimilar parts , thrown together by negligence , by affecta- tion , by learning , or by ignorance . Our inflections therefore are by no means con- stant , 16 THE PLAN OF.
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... means con- stant , but admit of numberless irregularities , which in this dictionary will be diligently noted . Thus for makes in the plural foxes , but or makes oxen . Sheep is the same in both numbers . Adjectives are sometimes ...
... means con- stant , but admit of numberless irregularities , which in this dictionary will be diligently noted . Thus for makes in the plural foxes , but or makes oxen . Sheep is the same in both numbers . Adjectives are sometimes ...
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... mean- ing ; as in opposition to old , we use the adjective young , of animated beings , and new of other things . Some are restrained to the sense of praise , and others to that of disapprobation ; so commonly , though not always , we ...
... mean- ing ; as in opposition to old , we use the adjective young , of animated beings , and new of other things . Some are restrained to the sense of praise , and others to that of disapprobation ; so commonly , though not always , we ...
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... means by which they were introduced . Thus , to eke out any thing , signifies to lengthen it beyond its just dimensions , by some low artifice ; because the word eke was the usual refuge of our old writers , when they wanted a syllable ...
... means by which they were introduced . Thus , to eke out any thing , signifies to lengthen it beyond its just dimensions , by some low artifice ; because the word eke was the usual refuge of our old writers , when they wanted a syllable ...
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