Boswell's Life of Johnson, Količina 3Times Book Club, 1912 |
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... languages . Johnson observed that Leibnitz had made some progress in a work , tracing all languages up to the Hebrew . Why , sir ( said he ) , you would not imagine that the French jour , day , is 6 derived from the Latin dies , and yet ...
... languages . Johnson observed that Leibnitz had made some progress in a work , tracing all languages up to the Hebrew . Why , sir ( said he ) , you would not imagine that the French jour , day , is 6 derived from the Latin dies , and yet ...
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... language was true Sclavonic . The Swede said it had some similarity with the German . JOHNSON : ' Why , sir , to be sure , such parts of Sclavonia as confine with Germany will borrow German words ; and such parts as confine with Tartary ...
... language was true Sclavonic . The Swede said it had some similarity with the German . JOHNSON : ' Why , sir , to be sure , such parts of Sclavonia as confine with Germany will borrow German words ; and such parts as confine with Tartary ...
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... language of America . ' BOSWELL : ' It may be of use , sir , to have a dictionary to ascertain the pronunciation ... language by the ear than by any marks . Sheridan's Dictionary may do very well ; but you can- not always carry it about ...
... language of America . ' BOSWELL : ' It may be of use , sir , to have a dictionary to ascertain the pronunciation ... language by the ear than by any marks . Sheridan's Dictionary may do very well ; but you can- not always carry it about ...
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... languages , which we get in our schools in England . .I would not put a boy to him , whom I intended for a man of learning . But for the sons of citizens , who are to learn a little , get good morals , and then go to trade , he may do ...
... languages , which we get in our schools in England . .I would not put a boy to him , whom I intended for a man of learning . But for the sons of citizens , who are to learn a little , get good morals , and then go to trade , he may do ...
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... edition of him , has , by coincidence , made the very same remark . -Origin and Progress of Language , vol . iii . 2nd edit . , p . 219 . Scriptures . It was Passion Week , that solemn season 46 LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON [ 1772.
... edition of him , has , by coincidence , made the very same remark . -Origin and Progress of Language , vol . iii . 2nd edit . , p . 219 . Scriptures . It was Passion Week , that solemn season 46 LIFE OF DR . JOHNSON [ 1772.
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