... rubbish and clear obstructions from the paths through which learning and genius press forward to conquest and glory, without bestowing a smile on the humble drudge that facilitates their progress. Every other author may aspire to praise ; the lexicographer... English style - Page 332by George Frederick Graham - 1857Full view - About this book
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...those " pioneers of literature," whom our great lexicographer describes as " doomed only to remove rubbish, and clear obstructions, from the paths through...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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