Johnson, Samuel

Cultural

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

From Early Theories of Translation by Flora Ross Amos

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

From Unitarianism in America by George Willis Cooke

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

From Reminiscences, 1819-1899 by Julia Ward Howe

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

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

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

From Tragedy by Ashley H. Thorndike

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