An edition of Lexiphanes (1767)

Lexiphanes

a dialogue imitated from Lucian and suited to the present times. With a dedication to Lord Lyttleton, a preface,notes and a postscript, being an attempt to restore the English tongue to its ancient purity, and to correct as well as expose the affected style, hard words and absurd phraseology of many late writers, and particularly of our English Lexiphanes, the Rambler [i.e. Samuel Johnson].

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1767

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J. Knox

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English

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1 Lexiphanes: a dialogue imitated from Lucian and suited to the present times. With a dedication to Lord Lyttleton, a preface,notes and a postscript, being an attempt to restore the English tongue to its ancient purity, and to correct as well as expose the affected style, hard words and absurd phraseology of many late writers, and particularly of our English Lexiphanes, the Rambler [i.e. Samuel Johnson]. 1767, J. Knox in English	aaaa Not in Library