Samuel Johnson

    Caption: Portrait of Samuel Johnson (1709--1784).

    Lexicography:

    1. lexicographer: A writer of dictionaries; a person who busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing the signification of words; a harmless drudge. (Slightly edited.)

        ---Samuel Johnson (1709--1784), quotation from The Samuel Johnson Sound Bite Page.

    2. network: Any thing reticulated or decussated, at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections.

        ---Samuel Johnson (1709--1784), quotation from The Samuel Johnson Sound Bite Page.

    Credit/Permission: Joshua Reynolds (1723--1792), 1769 (uploaded to Wikipedia by User:Ottava Rima, before or circa 2008) / Public domain.
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