Samuel Johnson's Dictionary by Jack Lynch

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

Jack Lynch

646 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction classics reference challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Two volumes thick and 2,300 pages long, 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...

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