Read the excerpts from Samuel Johnson s preface to A Dictionary of the English Language.
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English, 12.02.2020 17:16 kenzierosa
Read the excerpts from Samuel Johnson s preface to A Dictionary of the English Language.
Excerpt 1
Excerpt 2
Among these unhappy mortals is the applied myself to the perusal of our
writer of dictionaries, whom mankind writers, and noting whatever might be
have considered, not as the pupil, but of use to ascertain or illustrate any
the slave of science, the pionier of word or phrase, accumulated in time
literature, doomed only to remove the materials of a dictionary, which,
rubbish and clear obstructions from by degrees. I reduced to method.
the paths through which Learning and establishing to myself, in the progress
Genius press forward to conquest and of the work, such rules as experience
glory, without bestowing a smile on and analogy suggested to me.
the humble drudge that facilitates
their progress
Which statement best describes the use of the underlined word in the excerpts?
In excerpt 1. it refers to personal growth, while in excerpt 2, it suggests the physical act of moving.
In excerpt 1. it refers to personal growth, while in excerpt 2. it suggests scientific discoveries.
In excerpt 1. it refers to societal advancement, while in excerpt 2, it suggests the gradual march of time.
In excerpt 1. it refers to societal advancement, while in excerpt 2, it suggests steps toward a particular goal.
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English, 21.06.2019 23:10, mrstealyogirl40
Awell-written summary should be used o in place of reading an original text to you review something that you have already read
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English, 22.06.2019 00:20, MatteBlack5490
The opening stanza portray a frightened narrator fleeing though darkness. how does it rhythm reflect and enhance its meaning
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English, 22.06.2019 01:00, nimahmustafa
Will give if correct read the passage first of all, if someone says your dream is impossible, they’re wrong. you can’t prove that something is impossible-all you know is that [it] hasn’t been done yet. people said no one could scale mount everest, but in 1953, sir edmund hilary and tenzing norgay gazed down upon the world from its summit. people said that man could not fly, but in 1903, orville and wilbur wright made the first sustained powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine. people said, “okay, we admit that someone could climb mount everest, and we admit that man has learned to fly, but no one will ever, ever walk on the face of the moon.” if we can send three men a quarter of a million miles away and bring them home safely, is there any great task we cannot accomplish? which identifies the textual evidence that best supports the claim: the authors purpose is to persuade? a: the author shares historical information about the wright brothers. b: the author states that men have walked the moon. c: the author states that others who think your dreams are impossible are wrong. d: the author wants to know what tasks we cannot accomplish.
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