Prose and PoetryR. Hart-Davis, 1950 - 961 Seiten Over sixty-five representative selections. |
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... language , our etymologists seem to have been too lavish of their learning , having traced almost every word through various tongues , only to shew what was shewn sufficiently by the first derivation . This practice is of great use in ...
... language , our etymologists seem to have been too lavish of their learning , having traced almost every word through various tongues , only to shew what was shewn sufficiently by the first derivation . This practice is of great use in ...
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... language has visibly changed under the inspection of the academy ; the style of Amelot's translation of father Paul is observed by Le Courayer to be un peu passé ; and no Italian will maintain , that the diction of any modern writer is ...
... language has visibly changed under the inspection of the academy ; the style of Amelot's translation of father Paul is observed by Le Courayer to be un peu passé ; and no Italian will maintain , that the diction of any modern writer is ...
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... language , allows that new words must sometimes be intro- duced , but proposes that none should be suffered to become ob- solete . But what makes a word obsolete , more than general agree- ment to forbear it ? and how shall it be ...
... language , allows that new words must sometimes be intro- duced , but proposes that none should be suffered to become ob- solete . But what makes a word obsolete , more than general agree- ment to forbear it ? and how shall it be ...
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Chronological Table | 8 |
London a Poem | 25 |
An Account of the Life of Mr Richard Savage | 41 |
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