A Dictionary of the English Language: an Anthology
Title | A Dictionary of the English Language: an Anthology PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel Johnson |
Publisher | Penguin UK |
Total Pages | 704 |
Release | 2006-11-30 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 0141902868 |
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary, published in 1755, marked a milestone in a language in desperate need of standards. No English dictionary before it had devoted so much space to everyday words, been so thorough in its definitions, or illustrated usage by quoting from Shakespeare and other great writers. Johnson's was the dictionary used by Jane Austen and Charles Dickens, Wordsworth and Coleridge, the Brontës and the Brownings, Thomas Hardy and Oscar Wilde. This new edition, edited by David Crystal, will contain a selection from the original, offering memorable passages on subjects ranging from books and critics to dreams and ethics.
A Dictionary of the English Language
Title | A Dictionary of the English Language PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel Johnson |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 860 |
Release | 1828 |
Genre | English language |
ISBN |
A Dictionary of the English Language
Title | A Dictionary of the English Language PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel Johnson |
Publisher | National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2007-10-30 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 0141441577 |
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. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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: Together With A History of the Language, and an English Grammar
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: Together With A History of the Language, and an English Grammar PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel Johnson |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1098 |
Release | 1818 |
Genre | English language |
ISBN |
A Dictionary of the English Language
Title | A Dictionary of the English Language PDF eBook |
Author | Johnson |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 978 |
Release | 1818 |
Genre | |
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language
Title | Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel Johnson |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 870 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | English language |
ISBN |
A Dictionary of the English Language
Title | A Dictionary of the English Language PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel Johnson |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 848 |
Release | 1824 |
Genre | English language |
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