Defining the world : the extraordinary story of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary / Henry Hitchings.
Defining the world : the extraordinary story of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary / Henry Hitchings.
Defining the world : the extraordinary story of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary / Henry Hitchings.
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New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.
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Date
2005.
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N423/225
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English
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p. cm.
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Publisher
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2005.
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"Johnson imagined that he could complete the job in three years. But the complexity of English meant that his estimate was wildly inadequate. Only after he had expended nearly a decade of his prime on the task did the dictionary finally appear - magisterial yet quirky, dogmatic but generous of spirit, and steeped in the richness of English literatu...
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Defining the world : the extraordinary story of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary / Henry Hitchings.
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"Originally published in 2005 by John Murray (Publishers) ... as Dr. Johnson's Dictionary: the extraordinary story of the book that defined the world"--Copyr. p.
Includes index.
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N423/225
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74VKdRpv5OQX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKdRpv5OQX
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9780374113025 (alk. paper)
0374113025 (alk. paper)
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423
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991019919889702626
