 Of the laborious and mercantile part of the people, the diction is in a great measure casual and mutable; many of their terms are formed for some temporary or local convenience and though current at certain times and places are in others utterly unknown....  The Portico - Page 1041817Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1768 - 1002 lehte
...and places, are in others utterly unknown. This fugitive cant, which is always in a Itate of increafe or decay, cannot be regarded as any part of the durable materials of a language, and therefore muft be fuffered to periiriwith other things unworthy of preservation. Care will fometimes betray to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 374 lehte
...and Places, are in others utterly unknown. This fugitive Cant, which is always in a State of Increafe or Decay, cannot be regarded as any Part of the durable Materials of a Language, and therefore muft be fuffered to perifli with other Things unworthy of Prefervaticn. Care will fometimes betray... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 500 lehte
...and places, are in others utterly unknown. This fugitive cant, which is always in a ftate of increafe or decay, cannot be regarded as any part of the durable materials of a language, and therefore muft be fuffered to perifh with other things unworthy of prefervation. Care will fometimes betray to... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 454 lehte
...and places, are in others utterly unknown. This fugitive cant, which is always in a ftate of increafe or decay, cannot be regarded as any part of the durable materials of a language, and therefore muft be fuffered to periQi with other things unworthy ot prefervation. Care will fometimes betray to... | |
 | George Campbell - 1801 - 462 lehte
...great number of the terms of the laborious and mercantile part of the people, " This fugitive cant cannot be regarded as any part " of the durable materials of a language, and theie" fore must be suffered to perish, with other things " unworthy of preservation *." As use, therefore,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 954 lehte
...though current at certain times and places, are in oihers utterly unknown. This fugitive cant, which is always in a state of increase or decay, cannot...any part of the durable materials of a language, and therefon must be suffered to perish with other things unworthy of preservation. Care will sometimes... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 lehte
...though current at certain times and places, are in others utterly unknown. This fugitive cant, which is always in a state of increase or decay, cannot...perish with other things unworthy of preservation. Care will sometimes betray to the appearance of negligence. He that is catching opportunities which... | |
 | George Campbell - 1808 - 468 lehte
...great number of the terms of the laborious and mercantile part of the people, " This fugitive cant cannot be regarded as " any par.t of the durable materials...language, " and therefore must be suffered to perish, with w other things unworthy of preservation *." As use, therefore, implies duration, and as even a few... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 488 lehte
...though current at certain times and places, are in others utterly unknown. This fugitive cant, which is always in a state of increase or decay, cannot...language, and therefore must be suffered to perish with those things unworthy of preservation. Care will sometimes betray to the appearance of negligence.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 486 lehte
...though current at certain times and places, are in others utterly unknown. This fugitive cant, which is always in a state of increase or decay, cannot...perish with other things unworthy of preservation. Care will sometimes betray to the appearance of negligence. He that is catching opportunities which... | |
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