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" 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 Johnson - Page 296
by Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 323 pages
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 750 pages
...now begin to fear that I have indulged expectation which neither reason nor experience can , justify. # O # gM a 9 Q{ u\ߌ ]& *ZM "=c \w &S 5 %OȹU 2e Ю 8 < 3y}v# ݜ ãQd A8֏ ++ Y n u \ K ! (quai justice may the lexicographer be derided, who being able to produce no example of a na; tion...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 8

Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 834 pages
...elixirs failed, , On your pale cheek he dropped the shower. Revived you like a dying flower. Waller. When we see men grow old, and die at a certain time...after another, from century to century, we laugh at ihe elixir that promises to prolong life to a thousand years. or Johnmn, Eux IB, in medicine, is defined...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 5

Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 809 pages
...succession was quiet in the three first centuria, because the bishop often ended in the martyr. Addw** When we see men grow old, and die at a certain time from one another, from Century to enfery. « laugh at the elixir that promises to prolong life a thousand...
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Engelske forfattere i udvalg. med biografiske indeldminger og oplysende ...

Jakob Olaus Løkke - 1875 - 556 pages
...now begin to fear that I have indulged expectation which neither reason nor experience can justify. When we see men grow old and die at a certain time...preserved their words and phrases from mutability, shall imagine that his dictionary can embalm his language, and secure it from corruption and decay, that...
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Prose Quotations from Socrates to Macaulay: With Indexes...

Samuel Austin Allibone - 1876 - 768 pages
...now begin to fear that I have indulged expectation which neither reason nor experience can justify. When we see men grow old and die at a certain time...preserved their words and phrases from mutability, shall imagine that his dictionary can embalm his language, and secure it from corruption and decay, that...
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Prose Quotations from Socrates to Macaulay: With Indexes. Authors, 544 ...

Samuel Austin Allibone - 1880 - 772 pages
...now begin to fear that I have indulged expectation which neither reason nor experience can justify. A he derided, who being able to produce no example of a nation that has preserved their words and phrases...
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Englische Studien, Volume 4

Eugen Kölbing, Johannes Hoops, Reinald Hoops - 1881 - 536 pages
...spottens, verhöhnens abgibt. To laugh, smile, mock, rail, cavil, scorn, jeer, sneer, murmur, frown. We laugh at the elixir that promises to prolong life to a thousand years. Latham- Johnson. Preface to the Diction. XIX. And little reck I of the censure sharp May idly cavil...
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An English Grammar: For the Use of High School, Academy, and College Classes

William Malone Baskervill, James Witt Sewell - 1895 - 358 pages
...expressions as laugh at, look at, wink at, gaze at, stare at, peep at, scowl at, sneer at, frown at, etc. We laugh at the elixir that promises to prolong life to a thousand years.— JOHNSON. " You never mean to say," pursued Dot, sitting on the floor and shaking her head at him. —...
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The Irish Difficulty: Shall and Will

Gerald Molloy - 1897 - 216 pages
...they should be taught to look for their daily bread to the favour of ministers and nobles. MACAULAY. When we see men grow old, and die at a certain time,...to century, we laugh at the elixir that promises to preserve life to a thousand years; and with equal justice may the lexicographer be derided, who, being...
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Outlines of the History of the English Language

Thomas Northcote Toller - 1900 - 316 pages
...without opposition.' But further experience brought him to the conclusion that with justice would ' the lexicographer be derided, who, being able to produce...preserved their words and phrases from mutability, shall imagine that his dictionary can secure his language from corruption and decay, that it is in his power...
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