A Dictionary of the English Language: an AnthologyPenguin UK, 2006 M11 30 - 704 páginas Samuel Johnson's Dictionary, published in 1755, marked a milestone in a language in desperate need of standards. No English dictionary before it had devoted so much space to everyday words, been so thorough in its definitions, or illustrated usage by quoting from Shakespeare and other great writers. Johnson's was the dictionary used by Jane Austen and Charles Dickens, Wordsworth and Coleridge, the Brontës and the Brownings, Thomas Hardy and Oscar Wilde. This new edition, edited by David Crystal, will contain a selection from the original, offering memorable passages on subjects ranging from books and critics to dreams and ethics. |
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ADDISON ancient appear ARBUTHNOT authority BACON’S BIBLE body BROWN’S VULGAR ERROURS called cause common commonly corrupted derived Dictionary draw DRYDEN Dutch earth English expression eyes FAIRY fire force French give ground hand hath head heart HOOKER ITALY Johnson keep kind KING L’ESTRANGE land language Latin learned less letter light live LOCKE look Lord manner matter means MILTON MILTON’S PARADISE LOST mind NATURAL HISTORY nature never night observed original particular pass perhaps person play POPE PRIOR QUEEN reason relation Saxon seems sense SERMONS SHAKESPEARE’S HENRY sometimes sound SPECTATOR speech SWIFT term thee thing thou thought tongue turn unto verb whole word write written