 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 702 Seiten
...ear, or less distinct in their signification, I have familiarized the terms of philosophy, by applying them to popular ideas, but have rarely admitted any word not authorized by former writers ; for I believe that whoever knows the English tongue in its present extent, will be able to express... | |
 | Theodore Whitefield Hunt - 1887 - 552 Seiten
...words were less pleasing to the ear or less distinct I have familiarized terms of philosophy applying them to popular ideas, but have rarely admitted any word not authorized by former writers." Among the statements made in the Preface to bis Dictionary, he indicates the true relation of native... | |
 | Alexander Nicolas De Menil - 1897 - 572 Seiten
...their signification, I have familiarized the terms of philosophy by applying them to known objects and popular ideas; but have rarely admitted any word not authorized by former writers ; for I believe that whoever knows the English tongue in its present extent, will be able to express... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1901 - 206 Seiten
...ear, or less distinct in their signification, I have familiarized the terms of philosophy, by applying them to popular ideas, but have rarely admitted any word not authorized by former writers; for I believe that whoever knows the English tongue in its present extent, will be able to express... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1909 - 562 Seiten
...ear, or less distinct in their signification, I have familiarized the terms of philosophy, by applying them to popular ideas, but have rarely admitted any word not authorized by former writers; for I believe that whoever knows the English tongue in its present extent, will be able to express... | |
 | William Hawley Davis - 1916 - 232 Seiten
...ear, or less distinct in their signification, I have familiarized the terms of philosophy by applying them to popular ideas, but have rarely admitted any word not authorized by former writers; for I believe that whoever knows the English tongue in its present extent will be able to express his... | |
 | Eleanore (Sister Mary) - 1923 - 284 Seiten
...ear, or less distinct in their significance, I have familiarized the terms of Philosophy, by applying them to popular ideas, but have rarely admitted any word not authorized by former writers; for I believe that whoever knows the English tongue in its present extent, will be able to express... | |
 | John T. Lynch - 2003 - 244 Seiten
...to Johnson's professed aim in The Rambler: "I have familiarized the terms of philosophy by applying them to popular ideas, but have rarely admitted any word not authorized by former writers."47 These "former writers" occupy the same place in the Dictionary that Cicero's contemporaries... | |
 | 314 Seiten
...ear, or less distinct in their signification, I have familiarized the terms of philosophy, by applying them to popular ideas, but have rarely admitted any word not authorized by former writers; for I believe that whoever knows the English tongue in its present extent, will be able to express... | |
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I have familiarized the terms of philosophy, by applying them to popular ideas, but have rarely admitted any word not authorized by former writers... 
