Samuel Johnson[1] was an English lexicographer who published a Dictionary of the English Language[2] and this is what they said about him and his dictionary, according to Wikiquote:[3]
Mrs. Digby told me that when she lived in London with her sister, Mrs. > Brooke, they were every now and then honoured by the visits of Dr. Johnson. > He called on them one day soon after the publication of his immortal > dictionary. The two ladies paid him due compliments on the occasion. Amongst > other topics of praise they very much commended the omission of all * > naughty* words. 'What! my dears! then you have been looking for them?' > said the moralist. The ladies, confused at being thus caught, dropped the > subject of the dictionary. > > - H.D. Best, *Personal and Literary Memorials,* London, 1829, printed > in *Johnsonian Miscellanies,* (1897) vol. II, page 390, edited by > George Birkbeck Hill > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Johnson [2] http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Dictionary_of_the_English_Language [3] http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Samuel_Johnson#Quotes_about_Johnson Best, Bence On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 8:09 PM, Florence Devouard <anthe...@yahoo.com>wrote: > > I like it. What's the original quote and who's the author ? > > Ant > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
