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 <Anthere9(a)yahoo.com>wrote;wrote:
I like it. What's the original quote and who's the author ?
Ant
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