Upon Dr. Johnston [i.e. Johnson] [manuscript], ca. 1775.

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Upon Dr. Johnston [i.e. Johnson] [manuscript], ca. 1775.

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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...

Barnard, Thomas, 1728-1806

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Epithet: Dr British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000814.0x0000cb Bishop and dean of Derry Cathedral. From the description of Thomas Barnard correspondence, 1786. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451203 Thomas Barnard (Bishop of Killaloe) was instituted to the deanery of Derry on 2 June 1769. From the description of To Sir Joshua Reynolds by the Dean of Derry [poem], 1769. (Huntington...