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Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson, was an English author who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Johnson was a devout Anglican and committed Tory, and has been described as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history".[1] He is also the subject of "the most famous single work of biographical art in the whole of literature": James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson.[2] (Source.)

Born 18 September 1709
Died 13 December 1784

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  • Cover of: Reflections on recent occurrences at Lichfield: including an illustration of the opinions of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. on slavery, and the general distribution of the scriptures. Addressed to the Rev. Thomas Gisborne ...

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  • Cover of: A Select collection of poems, from the most approved authors: in two volumes

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  • Cover of: The lives of the English poets, and a criticism on their works

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  • Cover of: The works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D: with an essay on his life and genius

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  • Cover of: Johnson's English dictionary, as improved by Todd, with Walker's pronouncing dictionary, combined: to which is added Walker's key to the classical pronunciation of Greek, Latin and Scripture proper names

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  • Cover of: Die Biene, oder, Sammlung der auserlesensten morlischen Versuche der besten neuern Englischen Schriftsteller für den Verstand und das Herz: Erster Theil

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  • Cover of: The lives of the most eminent English poets: with critical observations on their works

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  • Cover of: Historia de Rasselas, príncipe de Abysinia

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  • Cover of: Letters of Dr. Samuel Johnson: carefully selected and arranged from various publications, with explanatory notes : to which are added, miscellaneous essays on interesting subjects : with a fine portrait of the author

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  • Cover of: **REPRINT** Wit and wisdom
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  • Cover of: Lives of the English Poets; 2
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  • Cover of: Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare : In Ten Volumes : Collated Verbatim with the Most Authentick Copies, and Revised, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators: to Which Are Added, an Essay on the Chronological Order of His... ; V. 1 Pt. 1

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  • Cover of: Treatise Describing and Explaining the Construction and Use of New Celestial and Terrestial Globes; Designed to Illustrate ... the Phoenomena [sic] of the Earth and Heavens, and to Shew the Correspondence of the Two Spheres. with a Great Variety Of...

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  • Cover of: Johnson's Dictionary, Abridged for the Use of Schools, with the Addition of Walker's Pronunciation; an Abstract of His Principles of English Pronunciation, with Questions; a Vocabulary of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names

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  • Cover of: Johnson's dictionary: a modern selection

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Born 18 September 1709
Died 13 December 1784

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September 3, 2023 Edited by David Scotson Edited without comment.
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