An edition of A dictionary of the English language (1747)

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.

by Samuel Johnson

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An edition of A dictionary of the English language (1747)

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.

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01 Johnson's dictionary: a modern selection 2005, Dover Publications in English 0486440893 9780486440897	cccc Borrow Listen Libraries near you: WorldCat
02 Samuel Johnson's dictionary: selections from the 1755 work that defined the English language 2002, Levenger Press in English 1929154100 9781929154104	cccc Borrow Listen Libraries near you: WorldCat
03 Johnson's dictionary: modern selection 1995, Cassell, Orion Publishing Group, Limited in English - Abridged ed. 0304347051 9780304347056	cccc Borrow Listen Libraries near you: WorldCat
04 Samuel Johnson's dictionary: a modern selection 1981, Pantheon Books in English 0394749057 9780394749051	cccc Borrow Listen Libraries near you: WorldCat
05 Johnson's Dictionary: a Modern Selection by E. L. McAdam and George Milne April 1974, HarperCollins (paper) Paperback in English 0060903090 9780060903091	cccc Borrow Listen Libraries near you: WorldCat
06 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. 1831, Printed for Thomas Tegg, Richard Griffin, Glasgow and John Cumming, Dublin in English	aaaa Not in Library
07 A dictionary of the English language: in which the words are deduced from their origin 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 1822, Printed for G. and J. Offor in English	bbbb Read Listen
08 A dictionary of the English language: in which the words are deduced from their originals, explained in their different meanings, and authorized by the names of the writers in whose works they are found 1813, Johnson & Warner in English	bbbb Read Listen Libraries near you: WorldCat
09 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 1799, Printed for J. Johnson [and 27 others] in English - The eighth edition, corrected and revised.	bbbb Read Listen Libraries near you: WorldCat
10 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 1785, J. F. And C. Rivington [etc.] - 6th ed.	bbbb Read Listen
11 A dictionary of the English language: in which the words are deduced from their originals, explained in their different meanings and authorized by the names of the writers in whose works they are found 1766, Printed for A. Millar - 3rd ed., corr.	bbbb Read Listen

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In 2 vols.

Published in: London

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Open Library: OL13935989M

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P R E F A C E.
It is the fate of those who toil at the lower employments of life, to be rather driven by the fear of' evil, than attracted by the prospect of good, to be exposed to censure, without hope of praise ; to be disgraced by miscarriage, or punished for neglect, where success would have been without applause, and diligence without reward.

Among these unhappy mortals is the writer of dictionaries, whom mankind have confidered, not as the pupil, but the slave of science, the pioneer of literature, doomed only to remove rubbish and clear obstructions from the paths through which Learning and Genius press forward to conquest and glory, without bestowing a smile on the humble drudge that facilitates their progress. Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach, and even this negative recompense has been yet granted to very few.

I have, notwithstanding this discouragement, attempted a Dictionary of the English language, which, while it was employed in the cultivation of every species of literature, has itself been hitherto neglected, suffered to spread, under the direction of chance, into wild exuberance ; resigned to the tyranny of time and fashion; and exposed to the corruptions of ignorance, and caprices of innovation.

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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.

by Samuel Johnson