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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Author: Ed. Jack Lynch
Samuel Johnson's massive two-volume, 2,300 page dictionary was first published on 15 April 1755, nine years after he began writing it. It marked a milestone in the English language: it was the first English dictionary to focus on everyday words, rather than the obscure ones that lexicographers had concocted, and was the first dictionary to enlis...  more »
ISBN: 423850
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 646
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Publisher: Levenger Press
Book Type: Paperback
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