Samuel Johnson, a professional writer in a new age of print, rose to become one of the greatest literary figures in the English language, redefining how we think about, use, and record language.

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PALATE n.s. [palatum, Latin.]

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1. The instrument of taste.
The vulgar boil, the learned roast an egg;
Hard task to hit the palate of such guests.

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Learn more about the key moments in Samuel Johnson's productive and eventful life.

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I cannot but remark a kind of respect, perhaps unconsciously, paid to this great man by his biographers: every house in which he resided is historically mentioned, as if it were an injury to neglect naming any place that he honoured by his presence.

 

Johnson, Life of Milton      (1779)