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

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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

  • 4.0 (1 rating) ·
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A dictionary with more than 40,000 entries which was a primary reference source for scholars and writers of the 18th and 19th century.

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Cover of: Johnson's dictionary
Johnson's dictionary: a modern selection
2005, Dover Publications
in English
Cover of: Samuel Johnson's dictionary
Cover of: Johnson's dictionary
Johnson's dictionary: modern selection
1995, Cassell, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
in English - Abridged ed.
Cover of: Samuel Johnson's dictionary
Samuel Johnson's dictionary: a modern selection
1981, Pantheon Books
in English
Cover of: Johnson's Dictionary
Johnson's Dictionary: a Modern Selection by E. L. McAdam and George Milne
April 1974, HarperCollins (paper)
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Cover of: A dictionary of the English language
Cover of: A dictionary of the English language
Cover of: A dictionary of the English language
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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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