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A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson
$32.95 AUD
Category: Classics
"Samuel Johnson's Dictionary", published in 1755, marked a milestone in a language in desperate need of standards. No English dictionary before it had devoted so much space to everyday words, been so thorough in its definitions, or illustrated usage by quoting from Shakespeare and other great writers. J ...Show more
Dr Johnson's Dictionary by Samuel Johnson
$39.95 AUD
Category: New Hardbacks
Ranging from beauty-spot to coffeehouse, jogger to posturemaster, quack to rocket, this is an anthology of the 4,000 most fascinating entries from the most influential lexicon ever written, Dr Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language.
Great Ideas: Consolation in the Face of Death by Samuel Johnson
$9.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Series: Penguin Great Ideas
In his moving essay, Samuel Johnson offers wise words on confronting grief at the loss of a loved one. The other pieces here, ranging from art to marriage to morality, demonstrate the brilliance, perception and wit that made Johnson the leading man of letters of his day, and one of the finest essayists ...Show more
Heroes Next Door by Samuel Johnson, Hilde Hinton
$24.99 AUD
Category: Display & Gift
From bestselling authors Samuel Johnson and Hilde Hinton comes a moving, funny, irreverent, inspiring and big-hearted book that shows us all that resilience and kindness are what make the difference, and that you don't have to travel far to find good people ... often they are right next door. When Samu ...Show more
History Of Rasselas, Prince Of Abyssinia The by Samuel Johnson
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Category: Classics
Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, leaves the easy life of the Happy Valley, accompanied by his sister Nekayah, her attendant Pekuah, and the much-travelled philosopher Imlac. Their journey takes them to Egypt, where they study the various conditions of men's lives, before returning home in a 'conclusion in ...Show more
The Lives of the Poets : A Selection by Samuel Johnson (ed Roger Lonsdale)
$25.95 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Oxford World's Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
'If a man is to write A Panegyrick, he may keep vices out of sight; but if he professes to write A Life, he must represent it really as it was.' In the last of his major writings, Samuel Johnson looked back over the previous two centuries of English Literature in order to describe the personalities as w ...Show more
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