When we see men grow old and die at a certain time one after another, from century to century, we laugh at the elixir that promises to prolong life to a thousand years; and with equal justice may the lexicographer be derided who, being able to produce... Wit and Wisdom of Samuel Johnsonпо Samuel Johnson, George Birkbeck Norman Hill - 1888 - 323 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
| Anastasios-Phoivos Christidēs, Maria Arapopoulou, Maria Chritē - 2007 - 43 страници
...Johnson, who in 1755 wrote in the preface to his famous Dictionary of the English Language: ". . . and with equal justice may the lexicographer be derided,...their words and phrases from mutability, shall imagine that his dictionary can embalm his language, and secure it from corruption and decay." BIBLIOGRAPHY... | |
| Naomi S. Baron Professor of Linguistics American University - 2008 - 305 страници
...over time and that the pronunciations of these words do as well. A lexicographer, he wrote, should be derided, who being able to produce no example of...their words and phrases from mutability, shall imagine that his dictionary can embalm language. When it came to recording pronunciation, once and for all,... | |
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