Reminiscences : Dr. Johnson only : manuscript, ca. 1824.

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Reminiscences : Dr. Johnson only : manuscript, ca. 1824.

14 leaves ; 25 cm. + 3 leaves.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7801020

Houghton Library

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Donald and Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson (Houghton Library)

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Cradock, Joseph, 1742-1826

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Author. From the description of Autograph letter signed, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270530598 ...

Taylor, John, 1757-1832

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English miscellaneous writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Golden Square [London], to J.B. Nicholls [sic], 1826 Sept. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574766 ...

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...