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A Dictionary of the English Language: An Anthology (Penguin Classics)
by Samuel Johnson
Binding: Paperback, 704 pages
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Weight: 1.06 pound
Dimension: H: 1.34 x L: 7.72 x W: 5.04 inches
ISBN 10: 0141441577
ISBN 13: 9780141441573
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Book Description:
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, 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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