A Dictionary of the English Language: An Anthology

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Item: A Dictionary of the English Language: In Which the Words Are Deduced from Their Originals, and Illustrated in Their Different Significations by Examp
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by Samuel Johnson

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 Bront s and the Brownings, Thomas Hardy and Oscar Wilde. This anthology includes 4,000 of the most representative,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0141441577

ISBN13:9780141441573

Release Date:October 2007

Publisher:Penguin Group

Length:704 Pages

Weight:1.08 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 5.2" x 7.8"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Dictionaries Dictionaries & Thesauruses Education & Reference English Foreign Language Study & Reference Humanities Language Arts Linguistics Literature & Fiction Reference Words, Language & Grammar

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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago

I bought this as a graduation present for my best friend and spent some time just thumbing through this book. It is definitely an interesting read; especially with the origins of each entry.

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