Search results
May 6, 2021 · Download or stream the two-volume set of Samuel Johnson's influential dictionary of the English language, published in 1755 and 1773. The digital edition is based on the Rare Books Collection of the University of Florida library.
A Dictionary of the English Language, sometimes published as Johnson's Dictionary, was published on 15 April 1755 and written by Samuel Johnson. It is among the most influential dictionaries in the history of the English language.
A Dictionary of the English Language, the famous dictionary of Samuel Johnson, published in London in 1755; its principles dominated English lexicography for more than a century. This two-volume work surpassed earlier dictionaries not in bulk but in precision of definition.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Browse the dictionary | Random word Funding and support provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities , the College of Arts and Humanities , and the Center for Humanities and Digital Research at the University of Central Florida
A public domain collection of the 6th edition of Johnson's influential dictionary, published in 1785. The dictionary contains 42,773 words, literary quotations, and a history of the language.
- PDF | Torrent
- PD Worldwide
Jan 31, 2019 · Learn about the most remarkable English dictionary compiled by a writer of the first rank in the 18th century. Discover its features, innovations, quotations, definitions, and barbarisms.
Aug 10, 2019 · Samuel Johnson’s A Dictionary of the English Language (1755) was the first monolingual English dictionary to use quotations to substantiate and illustrate its definitions.
