An edition of Defining the world: the extraordinary story of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary
(2005)
Defining the world
the extraordinary story of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary
1st American ed.
by Henry Hitchings
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History and criticism, English language, Encyclopedias and dictionaries, Lexicography, HistoryPeople
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)Times
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Defining the world: the extraordinary story of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary
2005, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
in English
- 1st American ed.
0374113025 9780374113025
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Table of Contents
Adventurous
Amulet
Apple
Bookworm
Commoner - Darkling
To decamp
To dissipate
English
Entrance
Factotum
To gather
Higgledy-piggledy
Lexicographer
Library
Melancholy
Microscope
Network
Nicety
To note
Opinionist
Opulence
Pastern
Patron
Philology
Pleasureful
To preface
Publication
Reception
Triumphant
Ubiquity
Variety
Weightiness
X
Zootomy.
Edition Notes
"Originally published in 2005 by John Murray (Publishers) ... as Dr. Johnson's Dictionary: the extraordinary story of the book that defined the world"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-278) and index.
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