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Defining the World : The Extraordinary Story of Dr Johnson's Dictionary
Defining the World The Extraordinary Story of Dr Johnson's Dictionary
Author: Henry Hitchings
By 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 ow...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780374113025
ISBN-10: 0374113025
Publication Date: 10/19/2005
Pages: 304
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Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Book Type: Hardcover
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