Dictionary Johnson : Samuel Johnson's middle years / by James L. Clifford
1979, 1st edition. London : Heinemann. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #427825
ISBN: 0434138053
Physical description; xi, 372 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-313) and index. Contents; The New Playwright -- Life in Gough Square in 1749 -- The Ivy Lane Club and a Few Old Friends -- Lexicographer at Work -- The Rambler -- The Last of Tetty -- The Widower and the Adventurer -- The Harmless Drudge -- The Dictionary -- Still the Hack -- Speaking His Mind: The Literary Magazine -- The Idler -- Rasselas -- Struggling to Keep Alive -- Friend and Talker -- Pensioner -- Trip to Devon -- Secure but not Settled. Subjects; Johnson, Samuel 1709-1784. Johnson, Samuel 1709-1784 ; Biography. Johnson, Samuel 1709-1784 History and criticism. Johnson, Samuel. 1700-1799. Authors, English 18th century ; Biography.
Lexicographers England ; Biography. Authors, English. Lexicographers.
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