 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 350 pages
...unusual structure, and words derived from the learned languages. His own account of the matter is, " When " common words were less pleasing to the ear, " or less distinct in their signification, 1 fami" liarized the terms of philosophy, by applying " them to popular ideas." But he forgot the observation... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 514 pages
...the simplicity of common life. But let us attend to what he himself says in his concluding paper: " When common words were less pleasing to the ear, or less distinct in their signification, I have familiarised the terms of philosophy, by applying them to popular ideas." * And, as to the second part... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 272 pages
...perhaps, I have added to the elegance of its construction, and something to the harmony of its cadence. When common words were less pleasing to the ear, or less distinct in their signification, I have familiarised the terms of philosophy by applying them to popular ideas, but have rarely admitted any... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English essays - 1809 - 278 pages
...perhaps, I have added to the elegance of Us construction, and something to the harmony of its cadence. When common words were less pleasing to the ear, or...them to popular ideas, but have rarely admitted any word not authorized by former writers ; for I believe, that whoever knows the English tongue in its... | |
 | Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1809 - 524 pages
...adoption of so many Latin polysyllables, are harmony and precision. " Where common words," he remarks, " were less pleasing to the ear, or less distinct in...familiarized the terms of philosophy, by applying them to known objects and popular ideas ; but have rarely admitted any word not authorized by former writers."*... | |
 | Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1809 - 520 pages
...adoption of so many Latin polysyllables, are harmony and precision. " Where common words," he remarks, " were less pleasing to the ear, or less distinct in...familiarized the terms of philosophy, by applying them to known objects and popular ideas ; but have rarely admitted any word not authorized by former writers."*... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English essays - 1809 - 530 pages
...adoption of so many Latin polysyllables, are harmony and precision. " Where common words," he remarks, " were less pleasing to the ear, or less distinct in...familiarized the terms of philosophy, by applying them to known objects and popular ideas ; but have rarely admitted any word not authorized by former writers."*... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 412 pages
...perhaps, 1 have added to the elegance of its construction, and something to the harmony of its cadence. When common words were less pleasing to the ear, or less -distinct in their signification, I have familiarised Ihe terms of philosophy, by applying them to popular ideas, but have rarely admitted any... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 372 pages
...unusual structure, and words derived from the learned language!;. His own account of the matter is, " When common words were less pleasing to the ear, or less distinct in their signification, I familiarized the terms of philosophy, by applying them to popular ideas." But he forgot the observation... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 416 pages
...have added to the elegance of its construction, and something to the harmony of its cadence. _When common words were less pleasing to the ear, -or less...them to popular ideas, but have rarely admitted any word not authorized by former writers ; for I believe that whoever knows the English tongue in its... | |
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When common words were less pleasing to the ear, or less distinct in their signification, I have familiarized the terms of philosophy, by applying them to popular ideas... 
