Samuel Johnson

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biographer essayist human lexicographer literary critic moralist poet translator writer

Samuel Johnson was an 18th-century English writer, lexicographer, and critic best known for compiling *A Dictionary of the English Language* (1755), one of the most influential dictionaries in the history of English.

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Samuel Johnson canonical 47
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A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland ⓘ
Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia ⓘ
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets ⓘ
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A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland ⓘ
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Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia ⓘ
The Idler ⓘ
The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets ⓘ
The Rambler ⓘ
The Vanity of Human Wishes ⓘ
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Elizabeth Porter ⓘ

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