A Dictionary of the English Language: An Anthology
A Dictionary of the English Language: An Anthology (Penguin Classics) Samuel Johnson, David Crystal (Contributor)
Publisher: Penguin Classics
ISBN: 0141441577
DDC: 423
Edition: Paperback; 2007-10-30
Summary:
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.
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