A dictionary of the English language
in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers : to which are prefixed, a history of the language, and an English grammar, Volume I
By Samuel Johnson
"A dictionary of the English language" was published by J. F. And C. Rivington [etc.] in 1785 - London and the language of the book is English.
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- Title: ➤ A dictionary of the English language
- Author: Samuel Johnson
- Language: English
- Publisher: J. F. And C. Rivington [etc.]
- Publish Date: 1785
- Publish Location: London
“A dictionary of the English language” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: English language - Dictionaries - Anglais (Langue) - Dictionnaires
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: 2 v. :
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL7029571M - OL35670958W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 216948325
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 33000564
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From the Preface... Those who have been persuaded to think well of my design, will require that it should fix our language, and put a stop to those alterations which time and chance have hitherto been suffered to make in it without opposition. With this consequence I will confess that I flattered myself for a while; but now begin to fear that I have indulged expectation which neither reason nor experience can justify. When we see men grow old and die at a certain time one after another, from century to century, we laugh at the elixir that promises to prolong life to a thousand years ; and with equal justice may the lexicographer be derided, who being able to produce no example of a nation that has preserved their words and phrases from mutability, shall imagine that his dictionary can embalm his language, and secure it from corruption and decay, that it is in his power to change sublunary nature, and clear the world at once from folly, vanity, and affectation. With this hope, however, academies have been instituted, to guard the avenues of their languages, to retain fugitives, and to repulse intruders; but their vigilance and activity have hitherto been vain; sounds are too volatile and subtle for legal restraints; to enchain syllables, and to lash the wind, are equally the undertakings of pride, unwilling to measure its desires by its strength.
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