A dictionary of the English language : in which the words are deduced from their originals, explained in their different meanings, and Authorized by the Names of the Writers in whose Works they are found. Abstracted from the folio edition, by the author, Samuel Johnson, LL. D. To which is prefixed, A grammar of the English language
by Samuel Johnson
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Surprising, colorful, and long-forgotten entries from the most famous dictionary in the history of the English language Samuel Johnson's best-known work, A Dictionary of the English Language (1755), is the most influential and idiosyncratic lexicon ever written and was used by Jane Austen and Charles Dickens, the Brontës and the Brownings, Thomas Hardy and Oscar Wilde. This anthology includes 4,000 of the most representative, entertaining, and historically fascinating entries, covering subjects from fashion to food, science to sex, and given in full with original spelling and examples of usage from Shakespeare to Milton.
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- A dictionary of the English language : in which the words are deduced from their originals, explained in their different meanings, and Authorized by the Names of the Writers in whose Works they are found. Abstracted from the folio edition, by the author, Samuel Johnson, LL. D. To which is prefixed, A grammar of the English language
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- Samuel Johnson
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- Hardcover
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- London : Printed for T. Longman, B. Law and Son, J. Dodsley, J. Robson, C. Dilly, G.G. and J. Robinson, T. Cadel, W. Richardson,
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- 1794
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