 ... of life; either without books, or, like some of the Mahometan countries, with very few: men thus busied and unlearned, having only such words as common use requires, would perhaps long continue to express the same notions by the same signs.  The Quarterly Review - Page 398edited by - 1811Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 374 pages
...incorporated with the current Speech. There are likewife internal Caufes equally forcible. The Language moft likely to continue long without Alteration, would be that of a Nation raifed a little, and but a little, above Barbarity, fecluded from Strangers, and totally employed in... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 374 pages
...incorporated with the current Speech. There are likewifeinternal Caufes equally forcible. The Language moft likely to continue long without Alteration, would be that of a Nation raifed a little, and but a little, above Barbarity, fecluded from Strangers, and totally employed in... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - 1805 - 444 pages
...when, in that inimitable piece of fine writing which prefaces his dictionary, he made this remark : " The language most likely to continue long, " without...strangers, and " totally employed in procuring the conveniencies of life." The invention of the Chinese character, although an effort of genius, required... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 954 pages
...be at lot incorporated with the current speech. There are likewise internal causes equally forcible. The language most likely to continue long without alteration would be that of a nation raised n little, and but a littlt, above barbarity, secluded from strangers, and totally employed in procuring... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 pages
...at last incorporated with the current speech. There are likewise internal causes equally forcible. The language most likely to continue long without...totally employed in procuring the conveniences of life; either without books, or, like some of the Mahometan countries, with very few: men thus busied and... | |
 | Ossian - 1807 - 596 pages
...when, in the inimitable piece of fine writing which prefaces his Dictionary, he made this remark, " the language most likely to continue long without...from strangers, and totally employed in procuring the conveniencies of life :" an observation which is perfectly descriptive of that remnant of the Celtic... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 488 pages
...at last incorporated with the current speech. There are likewise internal causes, equally forcible. The language most likely to continue long without...totally employed in procuring the conveniences of life ; either without books, or, like some of the Mahometan countries, with very few ; men thus busied and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 486 pages
...causes equally forcible. The language most likely to continue long without • •'•: alteration, alteration, would be that of a nation raised a little,...from strangers, and totally employed in procuring tne conveniences of life ; either without -books, or, like some of the Mahometan countries, with very... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1812 - 808 pages
...(•p'jecli. There are likewise internal causes equal forcible. The language most likely to continoe long without alteration would be that of a nation...from strangers, and totally employed in procuring the conveoiencies of life ; cither without books, or, like some of the Mahometan countries, with very few... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 514 pages
...at last incorporated with the current speech. There are likewise internal causes equally forcible. The language most likely to continue long without...from strangers, and totally employed in procuring the conveniencies of life ; either without books, or, like some of the Mahometan countries, with very few:... | |
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