Defining the world: the extraordinary story of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary

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Hitchings, Henry

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Publication Date

2005

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1st American ed.

Language

English

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Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- History and criticism
English language
English language -- 18th century -- Lexicography
English language -- Lexicography -- History -- 18th century
Etymology
Europe
Great Britain - Georgian Era (1714-1837)
History
History and criticism
Johnson, Samuel
Johnson, Samuel, -- 1709-1784. -- Dictionary of the English language
Language Arts & Disciplines
Lexicography
Linguistics

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Hitchings, Henry Author

ISBN

9780374113025
9781429928946

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