" Where I a pris’ner chain’d, scarce freely drawThe air imprison’d also, close and damp,Unwholsome draught; but here I feel amends,The breath of heav’n fresh blowing, pure and sweet,With day-spring born; here leave me to respire.Milton’sSampson Agonistes. "

― Samuel Johnson , A Dictionary of the English Language (Complete and Unabridged in Two Volumes), Volume One