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... labour on a barren topic , till it is too late to change it ; or , in the ardour of invention , dif- fuse his ... labours flourish in a tenth edition . His posterity , as an ingenious French writer has said on a similar occasion , began ...
... labour on a barren topic , till it is too late to change it ; or , in the ardour of invention , dif- fuse his ... labours flourish in a tenth edition . His posterity , as an ingenious French writer has said on a similar occasion , began ...
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... labours . In May 1755 , that great work was published . Johnson was de- sirous that it should come from one who had ob ... labour and expense , died citing a dedication of the Dictionary to himself . in a short time after , a melancholy ...
... labours . In May 1755 , that great work was published . Johnson was de- sirous that it should come from one who had ob ... labour and expense , died citing a dedication of the Dictionary to himself . in a short time after , a melancholy ...
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... labour past , Beheld his Lexicon complete at last , And weary of his task , with wond'ring eyes , Saw from words piled on words a fabric rise , He cursed the industry , inertly strong , In creeping toil that could persist so long , And ...
... labour past , Beheld his Lexicon complete at last , And weary of his task , with wond'ring eyes , Saw from words piled on words a fabric rise , He cursed the industry , inertly strong , In creeping toil that could persist so long , And ...
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... labour . " swell of language , often out of all proportion to When we compare him with Addison , the con- the sentiment ; but there is , in general , a fulness trast is still stronger . Addison lends grace and of mind , and the thought ...
... labour . " swell of language , often out of all proportion to When we compare him with Addison , the con- the sentiment ; but there is , in general , a fulness trast is still stronger . Addison lends grace and of mind , and the thought ...
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... Labour necessary to excellence 247 249 · · . 256 257 180 258 • • 259 • ners 261 187 173 Unreasonable fears of pedantry 174 The mischiefs of unbounded raillery . His- 262 188 · tory of Dicaculus • • 264 60 Minim the critic 61 Minim the ...
... Labour necessary to excellence 247 249 · · . 256 257 180 258 • • 259 • ners 261 187 173 Unreasonable fears of pedantry 174 The mischiefs of unbounded raillery . His- 262 188 · tory of Dicaculus • • 264 60 Minim the critic 61 Minim the ...
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