Samuel Johnson's dictionary : selections from the 1755 work that defined the English language / edited by Jack Lynch.

"Samuel Johnson's two-volume, 2,300-page Dictionary of the English Language, published in 1755, marked a milestone in a language that, as Jonathan Swift and other writers had long lamented, was in desperate need of standards. The work of a great reader and writer, and an earnest compiler,...

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Main Author: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
Other Authors: Lynch, Jack
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Walker & Co., 2003.
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Call Number: PE1620 .J6 2003
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