260/ Rather than relying on ancient primary sources, the 19th -20thcentury Celtic scholars, or modern historians, Pilkington considered the matter settled by quoting a few biased critics like Thomas Carlyle or Samuel Johnson who were self-identified with English imperialism. He… https://t.co/5HClgzVOjX https://t.co/yh8zmIpuei

First usage, which I learnt from @David_Farrier's book Footprints, was Thomas Carlyle in 1832 speculating whether the work of English writer Samuel Johnson would last the ages "...who shall compute what effects have been produced, and are still, and into deep Time, producing?"