Hitchings, Henry, 1974-
Defining the world : the extraordinary story of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary / Henry Hitchings. - 1st American ed. - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005. - viii, 292 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
"Originally published in 2005 by John Murray (Publishers) ... as Dr. Johnson's Dictionary: the extraordinary story of the book that defined the world"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-278) and index.
Adventurous -- Amulet -- Apple -- Bookworm -- Commoner - Darkling -- To decamp -- To dissipate -- English -- Entrance -- Factotum -- To gather -- Higgledy-piggledy -- Lexicographer -- Library -- Melancholy -- Microscope -- Network -- Nicety -- To note -- Opinionist -- Opulence -- Pastern -- Patron -- Philology -- Pleasureful -- To preface -- Publication -- Reception -- Triumphant -- Ubiquity -- Variety -- Weightiness -- X -- Zootomy.
0374113025 9780374113025
2005042661
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784. Dictionary of the English language.
English language--Lexicography--History--18th century.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries--History and criticism.
English language--Lexicography.--18th century
PE 1617 .J7 H58 2005
423
Defining the world : the extraordinary story of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary / Henry Hitchings. - 1st American ed. - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005. - viii, 292 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
"Originally published in 2005 by John Murray (Publishers) ... as Dr. Johnson's Dictionary: the extraordinary story of the book that defined the world"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-278) and index.
Adventurous -- Amulet -- Apple -- Bookworm -- Commoner - Darkling -- To decamp -- To dissipate -- English -- Entrance -- Factotum -- To gather -- Higgledy-piggledy -- Lexicographer -- Library -- Melancholy -- Microscope -- Network -- Nicety -- To note -- Opinionist -- Opulence -- Pastern -- Patron -- Philology -- Pleasureful -- To preface -- Publication -- Reception -- Triumphant -- Ubiquity -- Variety -- Weightiness -- X -- Zootomy.
0374113025 9780374113025
2005042661
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784. Dictionary of the English language.
English language--Lexicography--History--18th century.
Encyclopedias and dictionaries--History and criticism.
English language--Lexicography.--18th century
PE 1617 .J7 H58 2005
423