The Reader's Johnson: A Representative Selection from His WritingsAmerican book Company, 1940 - 618 oldal |
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... language has a time of rudeness ante- cedent to perfection , as well as of false refinement and declension , I have been cautious lest my zeal for an- tiquity might drive me into times too remote and crowd my book with words now no ...
... language has a time of rudeness ante- cedent to perfection , as well as of false refinement and declension , I have been cautious lest my zeal for an- tiquity might drive me into times too remote and crowd my book with words now no ...
318. oldal
... language and put a stop to those alterations which time and chance have hitherto been suffered to make in it without opposition . With this consequence I will confess that I flattered myself for a while , but now begin to fear that I ...
... language and put a stop to those alterations which time and chance have hitherto been suffered to make in it without opposition . With this consequence I will confess that I flattered myself for a while , but now begin to fear that I ...
319. oldal
... language seldom happen ; conquests and migrations are now very rare ; but there are other causes of change which , though slow in their operation and invisible in their progress , are per- haps as much superior to human resistance as ...
... language seldom happen ; conquests and migrations are now very rare ; but there are other causes of change which , though slow in their operation and invisible in their progress , are per- haps as much superior to human resistance as ...
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Preface iii | 1 |
Bibliography | 59 |
Chronological Table | 65 |
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