Dictionary of the English Language.
de Samuel Johnson
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London: J. Johnson, C. Dilly, G. G. & J. Robinson, et al. 1799, 1799. 8.5"x10.75". .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.; The Eighth Edition, Corrected and Revised in Two Volumes; 3/4 leather with marbled paper over boards, & gilt spine titles on green labels; A good+ set with modest toning & two early owner names (Wickham & McClerg); Unpaginated.. Hardcover.
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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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- London: J. Johnson, C. Dilly, G. G. & J. Robinson, et al. 1799
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