Johnson, Samuel

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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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Johnson, Samuel

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.

Johnson, Samuel, work on the "Religions of India," quoted, 345; belongs to the transcendental school, 347.

From Transcendentalism in New England A History by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks

Johnson, Samuel, divine, author of Julian the Apostate.

From Books Fatal to Their Authors by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)

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

From Early Theories of Translation by Amos, Flora Ross

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

From Tragedy by Thorndike, Ashley H.