...however, which he has made, and his strong desire to be useful, " by removing rubbish and clearing obstructions from the paths through which learning and genius press forward to conquest and glory," will, he trusts, extenuate these and other objections that might be urged against the work ; especially...

...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,...humble drudge that facilitates their progress. Every author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach." Such was the forcible...

...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,...humble drudge that facilitates their progress. Every author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach." Such was the forcible...

...in his gloomy preface. " Mankind have considered him (the writer of dictionaries), not as the pupil, but the slave of science, the pioneer of literature,...the humble drudge that facilitates their progress." Yet to muke a single accurate definition calls into exercise some of the highest faculties of the mind....

...these nnhappy mortals is the writer of Dictionaries; whom mankind have considered, not as the pupil but the slave of science, the pioneer of literature,...conquest and glory, without bestowing a smile on the bumble drudge that facilitates their progress. Every author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer...

...class of works, the compiler of which, as Johnson said, "mankind have considered, not as the pupil, but the slave of science, the pioneer of literature,...obstructions from the paths through which learning and genius THE IRISH QUARTERLY REVIEW. press forward to conquest and glory, without bestowing a smile on the humble...

...science, the pioneer of literature, doomed only to remove rubbish and clear obstructions from the path, through which learning and genius press forward to...the humble drudge that facilitates their progress." In his own experience, be found the groundless nature of his complaint. His own lexicographic labours...

...literary world, when he tells us that the writer of Dictionaries has been " considered not the pupil but the slave of science, the pioneer of literature,...to remove rubbish and clear obstructions from the path, through which learning and genius press forward to conquest and glory without bestowing a smile...

...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, doomed only to remove the rubbish and clear obstructions from the paths through which learning and genius press forward to...

...of applause, for I fully realize, in respect to my compilation, Dr. JOHNSON'S remark about his — "Every other author may aspire to praise, the Lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach." But I suspect it had its origin mostly in my own conviction — long entertained — of the justice...