...applause, and diligence without reward. Among these unhappy mortals is the writer of dictionaries; whom mankind have considered not as the pupil, but the...the humble drudge that facilitates their progress. Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to e-cape reproach, and even...

...mortals is the writer of * From the preface to Johnson's " English Dictionary." dictionaries, whom erein the right of his reward, the praise of his abstinence....They are not skilful considerers of human things, emile on the humble drudge that facilitates their progress. Every other author may aspire to praise;...

...not as the pupil, but the slaveof science, the pioneer of literature, doomed only to remove rubbisii and clear obstructions from the paths through which learning and genius press f orward to conquest and glory, without bestowing a smile on tho humble drudge that facilitates their...

...is the writer ot ' From the preface to Johnson's " English Diction"7 ПО/. 237 dictionaries, whom e capablex 7 Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach, and even...

...for much more. For the writer of Dictionaries, says Johnson in his Preface, has been " considered not the pupil, but the slave of science, the pioneer of...to remove rubbish, and clear obstructions from the path through which learning and genius press forward to conquest and glory, without bestowing a smile...

...to place the lexicographer, among " those who toil at the lower employments of life," as one "whom mankind have considered, not as the pupil, but the...remove rubbish and clear obstructions from the paths of learning and genius, who press forward to conquest and glory, without bestowing a smile on the humble...

...perhaps in a single day? Dr. Johnson has told us that the writer of dictionaries has been "considered not the pupil but the slave of science, the pioneer of...to remove rubbish and clear obstructions from the path through which learning and genius press forward to conquest and glory without bestowing a smile...

...Among these unhappy mortals is the writer of dictionaries; whom mankind have considered, not as the 10 pupil, but the slave of science, the pioneer of literature,...smile on the humble drudge that facilitates their 15 progress. Every other author may aspire to praise ; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach,...

...is the writer of dictionaries, whom mankind have considered, not as the pupil but the slave of [17] science, the pioneer of literature, doomed only to remove rubbish and clear obstruction from the paths through which learning and genius press forward to conquest and glory, without...

...the slave of science, the pioneer of literature, doomed only to remove rubbish and clear obstruction from the paths through which learning and genius press...the humble drudge that facilitates their progress. Every other author may aspire to praise ; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach, and even...