Defining the World: The Extraordinary Story of Dr Johnson's DictionaryBy the early eighteenth century, France and Italy had impressive lexicons, but there was no authoritative dictionary of English. Sensing the deficit, and impelled by a mixture of national pride and commercial expedience, the prodigious polymath Samuel Johnson embraced the task, turning over the garret of his London home to the creation of his own giant dictionary. |
Contents
TO DECAMP | |
ENGLISH | |
FACTOTUM | |
HIGGLEDYPIGGLEDY | |
LIBRARY | |
MICROSCOPE | |
PATRON | |
PLEASUREFUL | |
PUBLICATION | |
TRIUMPHANT | |
VARIETY | |
X | |
About the Author | |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | |
TO NOTE | |
OPULENCE | |
Notes | |
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Defining the World: The Extraordinary Story of Dr Johnson's Dictionary Henry Hitchings Limited preview - 2006 |
Defining the World: The Extraordinary Story of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary Henry Hitchings Limited preview - 2005 |
Defining the World: The Extraordinary Story of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary Henry Hitchings No preview available - 2005 |