The great, the learned, the ambitious,. and the vain, all cultivate the English phrase, and the English pronunciation, and in splendid companies Scotch is not much heard, except now and then from an old lady. The North British review - Página 671860Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Samuel Johnson - 1775 - 280 páginas
...converfation of the Scots. grows every day lefs unpleafing to the Englifh ; their peculiarities wear faft away ; their dialect is likely to become in half a century provincial and ruftick, even to themfelves. The great, the learned, the ambitious, and the vain, all cultivate the... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1775 - 400 páginas
...away; their dialectis likely to become in half a century provincial and ruftick, even to themfelves. The great, the learned, the ambitious, and the vain, all cultivate the Engli/h phrafe, and the Engli/h pronunciation, and in fplendid companies Scotch is not much heard,... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 páginas
...converfation of the Scots grows every day lefs unpleafing to the Englijh; their peculiarities wear falt away ; their dialect is likely to become in half a century provincial and ruftick, even to themfelves. The great, the learned, the ambitious, and the vain, all cultivate the... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 302 páginas
...no more dampness than aiiy other wall. Such opportunities of valiety it is judicious not to neglect. The conversation of the Scots grows every day less...pronunciation, and in splendid companies Scotch is not much heard, except now and then from, an old lady. There is one subject of philosophical curiosity... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 424 páginas
...converfation of the Scots grows every day lefs unpleafing to the Englijh ; their peculiarities wear faft away ; their dialect is likely to become in half a century provincial and ruftick, even to them* felves. The great, the learned, the ambitious, and the vain, all cultivate the... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 432 páginas
...their dialect is likely to become in half half a century provincial and ruftick, even to them* felves. The great, the learned, the ambitious, and the vain, all cultivate the Englijh phrafe, and the Englijh pronunciation, and in fplendid companies Scotch is not much heard,... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 360 páginas
...elegance, which perhaps disclaims a pedant's praise. The conversation of the Scots grows every day loss unpleasing to the English ; their peculiarities wear...likely to become in half a century provincial and rustick, even to themselves. The great, the learned, the ambitious, and the vain, all cultivate the... | |
| William Fordyce Mavor - 1809 - 378 páginas
...advancement from my commemoration, or with women of elegance, which, perhaps, disclaims a pedant-s praise. The conversation of the Scots grows every day less...rustic, even to themselves. The great, the learned, the ambitions, and the vain, all cultivate the English phrase arld the English pronunciation, and in splendid... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 428 páginas
...advancement from my commemoration, or with women of elegance, which perhaps disclaims a pedant's praise. The conversation of the Scots grows every day less...likely to become in half a century provincial and rustick, even to themselves. The great, the learned, the ambitious, and the vain, all cultivate the... | |
| Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 424 páginas
...advancement from my commemoration, or with women of elegance, which perhaps disclaims a pedant's praise. , The conversation of the Scots grows every day less...fast away ; their dialect is likely to become in half half a century provincial and rustick, even to themselves. The great, the learned, the ambitious, and... | |
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