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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. - Page 181
by Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 402 pages
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 374 pages
...thefe unhappy Mortals is the Writer of Di&ionaries ; whom Mankind have confidered, not as the Pupil, but the Slave of Science, the Pioneer of Literature, doomed only to remove Rubbifh and clear Obftructions from the Paths of Learning and Genius, who prefs forward to Conqueft...
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 374 pages
...thefe unhappy Mortals is the Writer of Dictionaries ; whom Mankind have confidered, not zs the Pupil, but the Slave of Science, the Pioneer of Literature, doomed only to remove Rubbifh, and clear Obftructions from the Paths of Learning and Genius, who prefs forward to Conqueft...
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 412 pages
....thefe unhappy Mortals is the Writer of Dictionaries; whom Mankind have confidered, not tis the Pupil, but the Slave of Science, the Pioneer of Literature, doomed only to j-cmove Rubbifh and clear Obstructions from the Paths of Learning and Genius, who prefs forward to...
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The Christian Observer, Volume 11

1813 - 996 pages
...deplored than that of those " pioneers of literature," whom our great lexicographer describes as " doomed only to remove rubbish, and clear obstructions,...learning and genius press forward to conquest and glory." They even still more closely resemble those unhappy rhetoricians to whom, as Juvenal assures us, the...
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ..., Volume 1

Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 954 pages
...these unhappy mortals is the writer of dictionaries; whom mankind have considered, not as the pupil, but the slave of science, the pioneer of literature,...the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach, aad even this negative recompense has been yet granted to very few. I have, notwithstanding this discouragement,...
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A New and Enlarged Military Dictionary: Or, Alphabetical Explanation of ...

Charles James - 1805 - 1236 pages
...the pupils, but the slaves of science, the pioneers of literature, doomed only to remove rubbish,~and clear obstructions from the paths through which learning...smile on the humble drudge that facilitates their projress." I am so far from indulging a delusion of the kind, that although I should be proud of being...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 488 pages
...these unhappy mortals is the writer of dictionaries ; -whom mankind have considered, -not as the pupil, but the slave of science, the pioneer of literature,...forward to conquest and glory, without bestowing a smile OB the humble drudge that facilitates their progress. Every other author may aspire to praise ; the...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 2

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 486 pages
...these unhappy mortals is the writer of dictionaries; whom mankind have considered, not asthe pupil, but the slave of science, the pioneer of literature,...aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope toescape reproach, and even this negative recompense has been yet granted to very few. . I have, notwithstanding...
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...

Samuel Johnson - 1812 - 808 pages
...these unhappy mortals is the writer of dictionaries -, whom mankind have considered, not as the pupil, but the slave of science, the pioneer of literature,...obstructions from the paths through which Learning and Onius press forward to conquest and glory, without bestowing a smile on the humble drudge that facilitates...
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The Christian observer [afterw.] The Christian observer and advocate

1813 - 906 pages
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