Samuel Johnson on meaning

Tuesday 14th May 2013

Critic and dictionary-maker Samuel Johnson
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Quote of the week: “Words are hourly shifting their relations, and can no more be ascertained in a dictionary, than a grove, in the agitation of a storm, can be accurately delineated from its picture in the water.” (Samuel Johnson’s ‘Preface’ to his Dictionary)

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