...gaze, turn giddy, rave, and die." "All his books are written in a learned language; in a language which nobody hears from his mother or his nurse; in a language...love; in a language in which nobody ever thinks." "The place was worthy of such a trial. It was the great hall of William Rufus, the hall which had resounded...

...Johnsonese a dialect, and this it practically may become to those who use it constantly by preference. It is clear that Johnson himself did not think in...The expressions which came first to his tongue were simple, energetic, and picturesque. When he wrote for publication, he did his sentences out of English...

...became systematically vicious. All his books are written in a learned language, in a language which nobody hears from his mother or his nurse, in a language...The expressions which came first to his tongue were simple, energetic, and picturesque. When he wrote for publication, he did his sentences out of English...

...became systematically vicious. All his books are written in a learned language, in a language which nobody hears from his mother or his nurse, in a language...The expressions which came first to his tongue were simple, energetic, and picturesque. When he wrote for publication, he did his sen-^ tences out of English...

...following remarks about Dr. Johnson are worth quoting : " It is clear," says Macaulay, " that Johnson did not think in the dialect in which he wrote. The expressions which came first to his tongue were simple, energetic, and picturesque. When he wrote for publication he did his sentences out of English...

...Johnsonese a dialect, and this it practically may become to those who use it constantly by preference. It is clear that Johnson himself did not think in the dialect in which he wrote. Tne expressions which came first to his tongue were simple, energetic, and picturesque. When he wrote...

...Johnsonese a dialect, and this it practically may become to those who use it constantly by preference. It Is clear that Johnson himself did not think in the dialect in which he wrote. Tne expressions which came first to his tongue were simple, energetic, and picturesque. When he wrote...

...importing standing first ; as — All his books are written in a learned language; in a language which nobody hears from his mother or his nurse; in a language...makes love; in a language in which nobody ever thinks. — MACAULAY. The climax serves to impart force to the expression of thought. The graduated arrangement...

...might have drowned The wrath of heaven and quenched the mighty ruin." Compare Macaulay on Johnson : " It is clear that Johnson himself did not think in...The expressions which came first to his tongue were simple, energetic, and picturesque. When he wrote for publication, he did his sentences out of English...

...Lord Macaulay says that the Doctor wrote all his books "in a learned language — in a language which nobody hears from his mother or his nurse — in a...love — in a language in which nobody ever thinks." And Goldsmith said to him "Doctor, you make the little fishes talk like whales." I shall tell of Doctor...