Today in Literature: April 15, 1755 Samuel Johnson’s A Dictionary of the English Language is published. [title page from the Vassar Library website] I append a few of the amusing definitions that are posted on the Samuel Johnson Sound Bite Page: [visit this site for over 1,800 Johnson quotes / quotations] Cough: A convulsion of [...]
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Dr. Johnson’s Dictionary
Posted in Antiquarian Books, Authors, Book History, Books, Literary calendar, tagged Dictionary of the English Language, Samuel Johnson on April 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Huntington Library Exhibit on Samuel Johnson
Posted in Antiquarian Books, Authors, Jane Austen, Libraries, Literature, News, tagged Huntington Library, Jane Austen, Samuel Johnson on May 23, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)—one of the greatest moralists, poets, biographers, critics, essayists, and correspondents of all time—so dominated literary and intellectual life in the last half of the 18th century that the era is frequently referred to as the “Age of Johnson.” As a conversationalist and writer he was so insightful and adept in the use [...]
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