A dictionary of the english language pdf5/28/2023 ![]() Every other authour may a ſpire to prai ſe the lexicographer can only hope to e ſcape reproach, and even this negative recompen ſe has been yet granted to very few. It is the fate of tho ſe who toil at the lower employments of life, to be rather driven by the fear of evil, than attracted by the pro ſpect of good to be expo ſed to cen ſure, without hope of prai ſe to be di ſgraced by mi ſcarriage, or punched for neglect, where ſucce ſs would have been without applau ſe, and diligence without reward.Īmong the ſe unhappy mortals is the writer of dictionaries whom mankind have con ſidered, not as the pupil, but the ſlave of ſcience, the pionier of literature, doomed only to remove rubbi ſh and clear ob ſtructions from the paths of Learning and Genius, who pre ſs forward to conque ſt and glory, without be ſtowing a ſmile on the humble drudge that facilitates their progre ſs.
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