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 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 374 pages
...SAM. JOHNSON, ( 55 ) PREFACE TO The FOLIO EDITION of DR. JOHNSON's DICTIONARY. IT is the Fate of thofe who toil at the lower Employments of Life, to be rather...driven by the Fear of Evil, than attracted by the Profpect of Good ; to be expofed to Cenfure, without Hope or Praife ; to be difgraced by Mifcarriage,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 412 pages
...Servant, SAM. JOHNSON PREFACE' TO The Fo L io EDITION of DR. JOHNSON'S DICTIONARY. IT is the Fate of thofe who toil at the lower Employments of Life, to be rather...driven by the Fear of Evil, than attracted by the Profpe£t of Good ; to be expofed to Cenfure, without Hope or Praife ; to be difgraced by Mifcarriage,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1774 - 374 pages
...Servant, SAM, JOHNSON, PREFACE TO The Fotio EDITION of DR. JOHNSON'S DICTIONARY. IT is the Fate of thofe who toil at the lower Employments of Life, to be rather driven by the Fear of Evil, than attra&ed by the Profpectof Good; to be expofed to Cenfure, without Hope or Praife ; to be difgraced... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 500 pages
...obedient, and moft humble fenrant, SAM. JOHNSON. TOTHE ENGLISH DICTIONARY. IT is the fate of thofe who toil at the lower employments of life, to be rather...driven by the fear of evil, than attracted by the profpeft of gfod ; to be expofed to cenfurc, without hope of praife* to be difgraced by mifcarriage,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Biography - 1801 - 454 pages
...obedient, and moft humble fervant, SAM. JOHNSON; PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH DICTIONARY. IT is the fate of thofe who toil at the lower employments of life, to be rather...driven by the fear of evil, than attracted by the profpect of good ; to be cxpofed to cenfure, without hope of praife ; to be difgraced by mifcarriage,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1804 - 594 pages
...present offers nothing, will often be looking backward on the past. . - ,'- Idler, vol. 2, p. 113. It is the fate of those who toil at the lower employments...praise; to be disgraced by miscarriage, or punished ' x . ' for for neglect, wliere success would have been without applause, and diligence without reward.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English Language - 1805 - 954 pages
...the Portrait to face the Title of Vol. I. and the Statue to face Page 1 2 of the Life. PREFACE. Г Т is the fate of those who toil at the lower employments of life, to be rathe driven by the fear of evil, than attracted by the prospect of good ; to be ex« posed to censure,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 376 pages
...Your Lordship's most obedient, and most humble servant, SAM. PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH DICTIONARY. IT is the fate of those who toil at the lower employments...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,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 488 pages
...obedient and most humble servant, SAM. JOHNSON.* * Written inUe year 1747. C. ENGLISH DICTIONARY. IT is the fate of those who toil at the lower employments...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,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 486 pages
...humble servant, SAM. JOHNSON*. * Written in the year i747. C. PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH DICTIONARY, IT is the fate of those who toil at the lower employments of life, to be rather driven by thefear of evil, than attracted by the prospect of good ; to be exposed to censure, without hope of... | |
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