...have a natural tendency to degeneration; we have long preserved our constitution, let us make some struggles for our language. In hope of giving longevity...nature forbids to be immortal, I have devoted this book ... to the honor of my country 3). Damit ist die Absage an den Akademiegedanken von maßgebender Stelle...

...time of profound depression for Johnson: he had, as he said, "devoted the labor of years, to the honor of my country that we may no longer yield the palm of philology without a contest to the nations of the continent," but, as he also said, ' 'I have protracted my work...

...time of profound depression for Johnson: he had, as he said, 'devoted the labor of years, to the honor of my country that we may no longer yield the palm of philology without a contest to the nations of the continent,' but, as he also said, 'I have protracted my work...

...have a natural tendency to degeneration; we have long preserved our constitution, let us make some struggles for our language. In hope of giving longevity...forbids to be immortal, I have devoted this book, the labor of years, to the honor of my country, that we may no longer yield the palm of philology, without...

...Murray's ambition to say with his great predecessor and pioneer, Dr. Johnson, " I have devoted this work, the labour of years, to the honour of my country, that we may no longer yield without a contest the palm of Philology to the nations of the Continent." — Saturday Review, April...

...Murray's ambition to say, with his great piedecessor and pioneer, Dr. Johnson. ' I have devoted this work, the labour of years, to the honour of my country, that we may no lunger yield without a contest the palm of Philology to the nations of the Continent"' " — Saturday...

...degeneration; we have long preserved our constitution, let us make some struggles for our language. 154 In hope of giving longevity to that which its own...that we may no longer yield the palm of philology, without a contest, to the nations of the continent. The chief glory of every people arises from its...

...let us make some struggles for our language." And so he devoted years of lexicographical labor to the "hope of giving longevity to that which its own nature forbids to be immortal. " Why linguistic endurance was so important he made explicit in assessing the value of the Dictionary:...

...particularly France. Johnson was sensitive to this expectation and he says explicitly in his Preface, "I have devoted this book, the labour of years, to...that we may no longer yield the palm of philology without a contest to the nations of the continent" (Greene, p. ^1-). However, the "palm of philology"...

..."I" abruptly thrusts itself forward and measures the book on the scale of the person who wrote it: "In hope of giving longevity to that which its own...the labour of years, to the honour of my country" (par. 92). The first clause seems ambiguous. Though presumably "that which its own nature forbids to...