A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: IN WHICH THE WORDS ARE DEDUCED FROM THEIR ORIGINALS, AND ILLUSTRATED IN THEIR DIFFERENT SIGNIFICATIONS BY EXAMPLES FROM THE BEST WRITERS. To Which Are Prefixed, A History of the Language, and an English Grammar
by JOHNSON, Samuel
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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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- Charles Agvent (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021535
- Title
- A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: IN WHICH THE WORDS ARE DEDUCED FROM THEIR ORIGINALS, AND ILLUSTRATED IN THEIR DIFFERENT SIGNIFICATIONS BY EXAMPLES FROM THE BEST WRITERS. To Which Are Prefixed, A History of the Language, and an English Grammar
- Author
- JOHNSON, Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Volume 1 title page with small paper repair to upper fore-edge; volume 2 title page damp-stained; occasional light spotting, the
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- W. Strahan for J. Knapton et al.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1755
- Keywords
- 18th Century Literature, High Spots, Dictionary, English Language, Samuel Johnson, Classics
- Bookseller catalogs
- 18th Century Literature; High Spots; Dictionaries; Dictionary;
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