...undertaking, it is indeed astonishing that it was finished so soon, since it was written, as he says, " with little assistance of the learned, and without...inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow. " The sorrow to which he here alludes is probably that which he felt for the loss of his wife, who...

...the faults of that which it condemns ; yet it may gratify auïojty te ¡aforra it, that ibe English Dictionary was written with little assistance of the...obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academic k bowers, but amid inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow. It may repress the triumph...

...number and nature of the works which he published. These, it should be remembered, were written, ' not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academic bowers, but* at intervals snatched from his daily avocations, and amidst a variety of embarrassments, sufficient...

...meanness of f' dedication." Such atnan when he had finished his Dictionary, " not," as he says himself, " in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under "...inconvenience and distraction, in sickness '.' and in sorrow, and without the patronage of *' the Great," was not likely to be caught by the lure thrown out by Lord...

...of at least ten years, we are sorry, for our country's honour, to say, is undertaken as John* son's dictionary was written, " with little assistance of...learned, and without any patronage of the great." So incompetent are the author's resources to the expenses of the undertaking, that we understand he...

...the faults of that which it condemns ; yet it may gratify curiosity to inform it, that the English Dictionary was written with little assistance of the...retirement, or under the shelter of academic bowers, but amid inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow. It may repress the triumph of malignant...

...the faults of that which it condemns,) yet it may gratify curiosity to inform it, that the English Dictionary was written with little assistance of the...obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academick bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow. It may repress...

...the faults of that which it condemns,) yet it may gratify curiosity to inform it, that the English Dictionary was written with little assistance of the...obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academick bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow. It may repress...

...the faults of that which it condemns,) yet it may gratify curiosity to inform it, that the English Dictionary was written with little assistance of the...obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academick bowers, but amblst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow. It may repress...

...happiness and peace. And how, and where, did he perform these benefits to his fellow-creatures ? ' Not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under...and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow.' " It, surely, is not the least of his merits, that he bestowed such incalculable advantages on mankind, while...