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WRITERS > lexicographer, critic > Samuel Johnson
I have thought...
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I have thought of a pulley to raise me gradually; but that would give me pain, as it would counteract my natural inclination. I would have something that can dissipate the vis inertiae and give elasticity to the muscles. . . .
Source: Quoted in: James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson, 19 Sept. 1777 (1791).
-- Samuel Johnson, (Sep 18 1709-1784), English lexicographer, critic; He was remembered for writing the first critique of Shakespeare, 1765 and Dictionary of the English Language, 1755.