The Sadoo wishes to slowly publish--at will (whatever that means) and at random (which seems more the will)--a dictionary of language as it might be written by a visitor from another world. Here, in honour of a certain past visitor, might be the title page.
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DICTIONARY
of
Modern Times:
of
Modern Times:
in which
The WORDS are deduced from their FLEETING CONTEXTS,
and
ILLUSTRATED in their DIFFERENT SIGNIFICATIONS
by
NARRATIONS and other MEANS from the best IMAGINATIONS.
To which are prefixed,
A BRIEF HISTORY of the DICTIONARY,
and A NOTE ON METHOD.
Assembled by The Consortium of Consortionists,
The WORDS are deduced from their FLEETING CONTEXTS,
and
ILLUSTRATED in their DIFFERENT SIGNIFICATIONS
by
NARRATIONS and other MEANS from the best IMAGINATIONS.
To which are prefixed,
A BRIEF HISTORY of the DICTIONARY,
and A NOTE ON METHOD.
Assembled by The Consortium of Consortionists,
of many degrees
and inclinations
In VIRTUAL Volumes
in the early third millennium in the republic of the internet
In VIRTUAL Volumes
in the early third millennium in the republic of the internet
But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.
ReplyDeleteThis, I believe in Johnson's monumental dictionary, is the fourth definition of "taciturn."
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