 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 374 pagine
...one thar fpeaks it, thefe Words are hourly fhifting their Relations, and can no more be afcertained in a Dictionary, than a Grove, in the Agitation of a Storm, can be accurately delineated from its Picture in the Water. The Particles are, among all Nations, applied... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 374 pagine
...one thar fpeaks it, thefe Words are hourly fhifting their Relations, and can no more be afcertained in a Dictionary, than a Grove, in the Agitation of a Storm, can be accurately delineated from its Picture in the Water. The Particles are, among all Nations, applied... | |
 | Maria Edgeworth - 1805 - 226 pagine
...this battle of the pronouncing dictionaries, seemed likely tohave no end. Mrs. Granby when she eould be heard, remarked that it was, difficult to settle...who use it, words can no more be ascertained in a die*tionary, than a grove in the agitation of a storm, can be accurately delineated from its picture... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 954 pagine
...variable by the caprice of every one that speaks it, these words are hourly shifting their relations, and can no more be ascertained in a dictionary, than a grove, in the agitatiqn of a storm, can be accurately delineated from its picture in the water. . , The particles... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 pagine
...variable by the caprice of every one that speaks it, these words are hourly shifting their relations, and can no more be ascertained in a dictionary, than a grove, in the agitation of a storm, cau be accurately delineated from its picture in the water. The particles are among all nations applied... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 488 pagine
...variable by the caprice of every one that speaks it, these words are hourly shifting their relations, and can no more be ascertained in a dictionary, than a grove, in the agitation of a storm, can be accurately delineated from its picture in the water. The panicles are, among all nations, applied with... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 486 pagine
...variab'e by the caprice of every one that speaks it, these words are hourly shifting their re'ations, and can no more be ascertained in a dictionary, than a grove, in the agitation of a storm, can be accurately delineated from its picture in the water. The particles are among all nations applied with... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1812 - 808 pagine
...by the caprice of every tongue that speaks it, these words are hourly shifting their relations, and can no more be ascertained in a dictionary, than a grove, in the agitation of a storm, can be accurately delineated from its picture in the water. The particles are among all nations applied with... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 514 pagine
...variable by the caprice of every one that speaks it, these words are hourly shifting their relations, and can no more be ascertained in a dictionary, than a grove, in the agitation of a storm, can be accurately delineated from its picture in the water. The particles are among all nations applied with... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 492 pagine
...variable by the caprice of every one that speaks it, these words are hourly shifting their relations, and can no more be ascertained in a dictionary, than a grove, in the agitation of a storm, can be accurately delineated from its picture in the water. The particles are among all nations applied with... | |
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If of these the whole power is not accurately delivered, it must be remembered, that while our language is yet living, and variable by the caprice of every one that speaks it, these words are hourly shifting their relations, and can no more be ascertained... 
