 When we see men grow old and die at a certain time one after another, from century to century, we laugh at the elixir that promises to prolong life to a thousand years; and with equal justice may the lexicographer be derided who, being able to produce...  Wit and Wisdom of Samuel Johnson - Σελίδα 296των Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 323 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Samuel Johnson - 1812 - 808 σελίδες
...now begin to fear that 1 have indulged expectation which neither reason nor experience can justify. When we see men grow old and die at a certain time...justice may the lexicographer be derided, who, being ahle to produce no example of a nation that has preserved their words and phrases from mutability,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 514 σελίδες
...now begin to fear that 1 have indulged expectation which neither reason nor experience can justify. When we see men grow old and die at a certain time...derided, who being able to produce no example of a ation that has preserved their words and phrases from mutability, shall imagine that his dictionary... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 492 σελίδες
...now begin to fear that 4. have indulged expectation which neither reason nor experience can justify. When we see men grow old and die at a certain time...; and with equal justice may the lexicographer be de]cided, who being able to produce no example of a ation that has preserved their words and phrases... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 420 σελίδες
...now begin to fear that I have indulged expectation which neither reason nor experience can justify. When we see men grow old and die at a certain time...preserved their words and phrases from mutability, shall imagine that his dictionary can embalm his language, and secure it from corruption and decay, that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 450 σελίδες
...now begin to fear that I have indulged expectation which neither reason nor experience can justify. When we see men grow old and die at a certain time...preserved their words and phrases from mutability, shall imagine that his dictionary can embalm his language, and secure it from corruption and decay, that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 436 σελίδες
...now begin to fear that I have indulged expectation which neither reason nor experience can justify. When we see men grow old and die at a certain time...preserved their words and phrases from mutability, shall imagine that his dictionary can embalm his language, and secure it from corruption and decay, that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 484 σελίδες
...now begin to fear that 1 have indulged expectation which neither reason nor experience can justify. When we see men grow old and die at a certain time...preserved their words and phrases from mutability, shall imagine that his dictionary can embalm his language, and secure it from corruption and decay, that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 416 σελίδες
...now begin to fear that I have indulged expectation which neither reason nor experience can justify. When we see men grow old and die at a certain time oae after another, from century to century, we laugh at the elixir that promises to prolong life to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 504 σελίδες
...now begin to fear, that I have indulged expectation which neither reason nor experience can justify. When we see men grow old and die at a certain time...preserved their words and phrases from mutability, shall imagine that his dictionary can embalm his language, and secure it from corruption and decay, that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 476 σελίδες
...now begin to fear, that I have indulged expectation which neither reason nor experience can justify. When we see men grow old and die at a certain time...derided, who being able to produce no example of a ant ion that has preserved their words and phrases from mutability, shall imagine that his dictionary... | |
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