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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary: Selections from the 1755 Work That Defined the English Language

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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary education books for free. The work of a great reader and writer, and an earnest compiler, it was England's definitive dictionary for over 150 years until it was superseded by The Oxford English Dictionary. This new edition contains more than 3,100 selections faithfully adapted from the original. Bristling with quotations, the Dictionary offers a treasury of memorable passages on subjects ranging from books and critics to dreams and ethics. For those who appreciate literature and love language, this is a browser's delight - an encyclopaedia of the age and a dictionary for the ages ] A trifler A fribbler is one who professes rapture for the woman, and dreads

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