Johnson, Samuel

Cultural  

1. An eighteenth-century English author known for his wit and for his balanced and careful criticism of literature. Johnson compiled an important dictionary of the English language. The story of his life is told in The Life of Samuel Johnson, by James Boswell.

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Example Sentences

Johnson, Samuel, joint editor of "Hymns of the Spirit," 293.

From Reminiscences, 1819-1899 by Howe, Julia Ward

Johnson, Samuel, 2, 59, 276, 284, 307, 308.

From Tragedy by Thorndike, Ashley H.

Johnson, Samuel, 201, 244, 366, 369, 419, 420.

From Unitarianism in America by Cooke, George Willis

Johnson, Samuel, 137, 140, 148, note, 163, 165, 166, 169.

From Early Theories of Translation by Amos, Flora Ross

Johnson, Samuel, the Magnus Apollo of Lexicographers, 218; criticised by N. W., 219-225; N. W.'s preface compared with S. J.'s, 242; his Dictionary and N. W.'s compared, 246, 260-263, 273.

From Noah Webster American Men of Letters by Scudder, Horace E.