Letter, 1755, Sept. 6, Navan, Ireland, to Robert Maxwell, Grays, England.

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Letter, 1755, Sept. 6, Navan, Ireland, to Robert Maxwell, Grays, England.

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Gives his reasons for delaying the publication of his dictionary. An enumeration of the defects he has observed in Samuel Johnson's dictionary.

6 p. ; 23 cm./

Brown University Archives, John Hay Library

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Maxwell, Robert, 1921-2012

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Maxwell, John C., 1947-....

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John Maxwell, an Englishman, was a resident of Northport, Ala. From the description of Letter, 1842. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122392478 ...

Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784

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Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was one of the leading literary figures of eighteenth-century England. He is best remembered for compiling the first comprehensive dictionary of the English language, published in 1755. Prominent among his diverse other works, he also wrote the satirical History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia (1759), edited The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare (1765), and produced the important Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets (first collect...