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A Dictionary of the English Language

By Johnson, Samuel

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Johnson’s Dictionary is one of the most distinctive monuments of English literature and lexicography: no dictionary so vast is so thoroughly marked with the personality of its compiler. What required an academy in other nations was achieved in eighteenth-century England by a single self-styled "harmless drudge" in merely nine years. Johnson was the first to provide the comprehensive guidance we now take for granted in a dictionary. His abundant quotations illustrating usage and spelling form an anthology of the finest passages of English verse and prose, and reflect the taste and judgment of the leading essayist and critic of his age. This Octavo Edition, which marks the 250th anniversary of the work’s publication, features searchable defined words (some 45,000) as well as Johnson’s 1747 The Plan of a Dictionary of the English Language. Commentary by Eric Korn, 3-CD set.Read MoreRead Less

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ISBN
978-1-59110-064-5
Publisher
Octavo


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Reviewed on July 15, 2005

DVD-ROM To commemorate the 250th anniversary of the publication of Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language , Octavo has released a new digital reproduction of the 1755 edition, using the Warnock Library copy originally owned by Richard Warren, Johnson's personal physician. All three volumes of Johnson's dictionary are featured in stunning, high-quality digital images, viewable at up to 300 percent of the original size. The work is presented as close to the original as possible, with the warped pages and water stains of the actual text left intact. Digital images of the original pages are presented as uncropped spreads, allowing users to view the pages as they would open them natu...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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