His style is, indeed, a tissue of many languages ; a mixture of heterogeneous words, brought together from distant regions, with terms originally appropriated to one art, and drawn by violence into the service of another. Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces - Page 260by Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 375 pagesFull view - About this book
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