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2 days ago · Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was an English writer, critic, lexicographer and biographer. He is best known for his Dictionary of the English Language, his essays, his travels with Boswell, and his influence on literature and language.
Sep 19, 2024 · Samuel Johnson, English critic, biographer, essayist, poet, and lexicographer who was one of the greatest figures of 18th-century life and letters. He is well remembered for his aphorisms, but his criticism is perhaps his most significant form of writing.
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Sep 19, 2024 · Samuel Johnson - Literary Critic, Poet, Lexicographer: Johnson is well remembered for his aphorisms, which contributed to his becoming one of the most frequently quoted of English writers. Many of these are recorded in Boswell’s The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., including his famous assertion “Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel ...
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Sep 19, 2024 · Learn about the life and works of Samuel Johnson, the 18th-century English writer, critic, and lexicographer who compiled the Dictionary of the English Language. Explore his essays, poetry, biography, and letters, as well as his views on language, literature, and morality.
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Sep 18, 2024 · Samuel Johnson is among Britain’s greatest men of letters, a poet and purveyor of bons mots whose troubled but brilliant character looms larger than life, thanks greatly to his friend James Boswell’s biography.
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2 days ago · by Samuel Johnson The eighteenth century produced a remarkable array of thinkers whose influence in the development of free societies and free institutions is incalculable. Among these thinkers were Mandeville, Hutcheson, Smith, Hume, and Burke; their time is known as the Age of Johnson.
Sep 6, 2024 · A dictionary of the English language. in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers : to which are prefixed, a history of the language, and an English grammar, Volume I. 6th ed. by Samuel Johnson. 0 Ratings. 0 Want to read. 0 Currently reading. 0 Have read.
