 I have attempted few alterations, and among those few, perhaps the greater part is from the modern to the ancient practice; and I hope I may be allowed to recommend to those, whose thoughts have been perhaps employed too anxiously on verbal singularities,...  The North American Review - Page 443edited by - 1829Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 374 pages
...upon narrow Views, or for minute Propriety, the Orthography of their Fathers. It has been afferted, that for the Law to be known, is of more Importance than to be right. ' Change,' fays Hooker, ' is not made without In* convenience, even from worfe to better.' There is jn Conftancy... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 374 pages
...upon narrow Views, pr for minute Propriety, the Orthography of their Fathers. It has been aflcrted, that for the Law to be known, is of more Importance than to be right. f Change,' fays Hooker, ' is not made without In' convenience, even from worfe to better.' There is... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 500 pages
...upon narrow views, or for minute propriety, the orthography of their fathers. !r has been aficrtcd, that for the law to be known, is of more importance than to be right. Change, fays ltcoker, is not made without inconvenience, even from worie to better. There is in conftancy and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 454 pages
...whofe thoughts have been, perhaps employed too anxioufiy on verbal fingularities, not to difturb, upon narrow' views, or for minute propriety, the orthography of their fathers^ It has been aflerted, that for the law to be known, is. of more importance than to be right. ' Change,' fays Hooker,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 954 pages
...whose thoughts have been perhaps employed too anxiously on verbal singularities, not to disturb, upon narrow views, or for minute propriety, the orthography...inconvenience, even from worse to better. There is in constancy ind stability a general and lasting advantage, which will always overbalance the slow improvements... | |
 | 1811 - 708 pages
...their ffTiole Duty of Man, andalmoft their Bible, Indeed the Chinefe feem to have adopted the maxim, that " for the law to be known is of more importance than to be right" " The Ta-tßng-lcu-he, although originating with one, treats jndireftly and" incidentally of all the... | |
 | 1811 - 708 pages
...their Whole Duty of Man, andalmoft their Jiible. Indeed the Chinefe feem to have adopted the maxim, that " for the law to be known is of more importance than to be right." " The Ta-tjing-leu-lee, although originating with one, treats indireftly and" incidentally of all the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1812 - 808 pages
...whose thoughts have been perhaps employed too anxiously on verbal singularities, not to disturb, upon narrow views, or for minute propriety, the orthography...fathers. It has been asserted, that for the law to be knotcri, is of more importance than to be right. Change, says Hooker, is not made without inconvenience,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 484 pages
...whose thoughts have been perhaps employed too anxiously on verbal singularities, not to disturb, upon narrow views, or for minute propriety, the orthography...even from worse to better.' There is in constancy 1 and stability a general and lasting advantage, which will always overbalance the slow improvements... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 436 pages
...whose thoughts have been perhaps employed too anxiously on verbal singularities, not to disturb, upon narrow views, or for minute propriety, the orthography...fathers. It has been asserted, that for the law to be knoivn, is of more importance than to be right. " Change," says Hooker, " is not made without inconvenience,... | |
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