 | 1909 - 498 էջ
...rather driven by the fear of evil, than attracted by the prospect of good; to be exposed to censure, without hope of praise ; to be disgraced by miscarriage,...applause, and diligence without reward. Among these unhappy mortals is the writer of dictionaries; whom mankind have considered, not as the pupil, but... | |
 | W. F. Bolton - 1966 - 244 էջ
...rather driven by the fear of evil, than attracted by the prospect of good; to be exposed to censure, without hope of praise; to be disgraced by miscarriage,...applause, and diligence without reward. Among these unhappy mortals is the writer of dictionaries; whom mankind have considered, not as the pupil, but... | |
 | Pierrette Bouillon, Federica Busa - 2001 - 408 էջ
...rather driven by the fear of evil, than attracted by the prospect of good; to be exposed to censure, without hope of praise; to be disgraced by miscarriage,...applause, and diligence without reward. Among these unhappy mortals is the writer of dictionaries." Johnson's own dictionary defines lexicographer as "a... | |
 | K. Alan Snyder - 2002 - 302 էջ
...rather driven by the fear of evil, than attracted by the prospect of good; to be exposed to censure, without hope of praise; to be disgraced by miscarriage,...applause, and diligence without reward. "Among these unhappy mortals is the writer of dictionaries." And among his definitions, one finds the following... | |
 | Samuel Drew - 1819 - 584 էջ
...rather driven by the fear of evil, than attracted by the prospect of good ; to be exposed to censure, without hope of praise ; to be disgraced by miscarriage,...applause, and diligence without reward. •' Among these unhappy mortals is the writer of dictionaries ; whom mankind have considered, not as the pupil, but... | |
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IT is the fate of those who toil at the lower employments of life, to be rather driven by the fear of evil, than attracted by the prospect of good; to be exposed to censure, without hope of praise ; to be disgraced by miscarriage, or punished for neglect,... 
