Samuel Johnson, was an English author who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Johnson was a devout Anglican and committed Tory, and has been described as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history".[1] He is also the subject of "the most famous single work of biographical art in the whole of literature": James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson.[2] (Source.)
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Occasional papers by the late William Dodd, LLD
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The convict's address to his unhappy brethren, delivered in the chapel of Newgate, on Friday, June 6, 1777
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The convict's address to his unhappy brethren
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A letter to Messrs. Fletcher and Peach, of the City of London: on their negotiation with Dr. Dodd; which has unhappily deprived society of a valuable member, and a useful minister of the Gospel.
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Prefaces, biographical and critical, to the works of the English poets
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The works of the English poets: with prefaces, biographical and critical.
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The beauties of Johnson
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The Beauties of Johnson: Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, & Miscellaneous ..
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Some Passages in the Life and Death of John Earl of Rochester: Written by His Own Direction on ..
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets: With Critical Observations on ..
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Dr. Johnson's table talk; or; Conversations of the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. on a variety of useful and entertaining subjects (arranged in alphabetical order, after the manner of Selden's table talk)
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The life of the Rev. Isaac Watts
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Samuel Johnson
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Harrison's edition, with his life of the author. A dictionary of the English language: in which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers. ... By Samuel Johnson, ...
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Memoirs of Charles Frederick, King of Prussia: By Samuel Johnson, LL.D. With notes, and a continuation, by Mr. Harrison, ... To which are added, translations of select poems written by the King of Prussia.
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Debates in Parliament
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More last words of Dr. Johnson: consisting of important and valuable anecdotes and a curious letter from a medical gentleman.... to which are added several singular and unaccountable facts relative to his biographical executor, formerly chairman of the quarter-sessions, by Francis Barber.
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Annotations
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Annotations by Sam. Johnson & Geo. Steevens, and the various commentators, upon Merry wives of Windsor, written by Will. Shakspere
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Annotations by Sam. Johnson & Geo. Steevens, and the various commentators, upon King Lear, written by Will. Shakspere
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Annotations by Sam. Johnson & Geo. Steevens, and the various commentators, upon the Tempest, written by Will. Shakspere
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Annotations by Sam. Johnson & Geo. Steevens, and the various commentators, upon K. Henry VIII, written byWill. Shakspere
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Annotations by Sam. Johnson & Geo. Steevens, and the various commentators, upon The Winter's tale, written by Will. Shakspere
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Annotations by Sam. Johnson & Geo. Steevens, and the various commentators, upon Measure for measure, written by Will.Shakspere
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The beauties of 'The rambler', 'Adventurer', 'Connoisseur', 'World' and 'Idler': in two volumes.
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Annotations by Sam. Johnson & Geo. Steevens, and the various commentators, upon Julius Caesar, written by Will. Shakspere
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Annotations by Sam. Johnson & Geo. Steevens, and the various commentators, upon King Henry VI, Part II, written by Will. Shakspere
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Annotations by Sam. Johnson & Geo. Steevens, and the various commentators, upon the Merchant of Venice, written by Will. Shakspere
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Annotations by Sam. Johnson & Geo. Steevens, and the various commentators, upon King Henry IV, Part II, written by Will. Shakspere
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Annotations by Sam. Johnson & Geo. Steevens, and the various commentators, upon The Comedy of errors, written by Will. Shakspere
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Annotations by Sam. Johnson & Geo. Steevens, and the various commentators, upon Antony and Cleopatra, written by Will. Shakspere
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Annotations by Sam. Johnson & Geo. Steevens, and the various commentators, upon K. Richard II, written byWill. Shakspere
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Annotations by Sam. Johnson & Geo. Steevens, and the various commentators, upon Taming of the Shrew, written by Will.Shakspere
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Annotations by Sam. Johnson & Geo. Steevens, and the various commentators, upon King John, written by Will. Shakspere
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Annotations by Sam. Johnson & Geo. Steevens, and the various commentators, upon All's well that ends well, written byWill. Shakspere
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Annotations by Sam. Johnson & Geo. Steevens, and the various commentators, upon Romeo and Juliet, written by Will. Shakespere
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Annotations by Sam. Johnson & Geo. Steevens, and the various commentators, upon King Henry VI, Part III, written by Will. Shakspere
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Annotations by Sam. Johnson & Geo. Steevens, and the various commentators, upon King Henry IV, Part I, written by Will. Shakspere
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Annotations by Sam. Johnson & Geo. Steevens, and the various commentators, upon Othello, written by Will. Shakspere
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Annotations by Sam. Johnson & Geo. Steevens, and the various commentators, upon Twelfth night, written by Will. Shakspere
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Annotations by Sam. Johnson & Geo. Steevens, and the various commentators, upon K. Richard III, written by Will. Shakspere
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Annotations by Sam. Johnson & Geo. Steevens, and the various commentators, upon Troilus and Cressida, written by Will. Shakspere
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Annotations by Sam. Johnson & Geo. Steevens, and the various commentators, upon Much ado about nothing, written by Will. Shakspere
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Annotations by Sam. Johnson & Geo.Steevens, and the various commentators, upon King Henry V, written by Will. Shakspere
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The beauties of Samuel Johnson: LL.D. consisting of maxims and observations, moral, critical, and miscallaneous, ...
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Annotations by Sam. Johnson & Geo. Steevens, and the various commentators, upon Hamlet, written by Will. Shakspere
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Annotations by Sam. Johnson & Geo. Steevens, and the various commentators, upon Coriolanus, written by Will. Shakspere
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Annotations by Sam. Johnson & Geo. Steevens, and the various commentators, upon Titus Andronicus, written by Will. Shakspere
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Annotations by Sam. Johnson & Geo. Steevens, and the various commentators, upon Love's Labour's lost, written by Will. Shakspere
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Annotations by Sam. Johnson & Geo. Steevens, and the various commentators, upon Midsummer night's dream, written by Will. Shakspere
1 edition - first published in 1787 -
The beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
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Annotations by Sam. Johnson & Geo. Steevens, and the various commentators, upon King Henry VI, Part 1, written by Will. Shakspere
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Annotations by Sam. Johnson & Geo. Steevens, and the various commentators, upon Cymbeline, written by Will. Shakspere
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The works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
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Annotations by Sam. Johnson & Geo. Steevens, and the various commentators, upon As you like it, written by Will. Shakspere
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Annotations by Sam. Johnson & Geo. Steevens, and the various commentators, upon Timon of Athens, written by Will. Shakspere
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Annotations by Sam. Johnson & Geo. Steevens, and the various commentators, upon Macbeth, written by Will. Shakspere
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Annotations by Sam. Johnson & Geo. Steevens, and the various commentators, upon Two gentlemen of Verona, written by Will. Shakspere
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The works of Samuel Johnson
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Sermons, on different subjects, left for publication by John Taylor, LL.D. Late Prebendary of Westminster, Rector of Bosworth, Leicestershire, and Minister of St. Margaret's, Westminster. Published by the Rev. Samuel Hayes, A.M. Usher of Westminster School
1 edition - first published in 1788 -
Letters to and from the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D.; to which are added some poems never before printed, published from the original MSS. in her possession, by Hester Lynch Piozzi
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Letters: to and from the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. To which are added some poems never before printed. Published from the original MSS. in her possession, by Hester Lynch Piozzi. In two volumes. ...
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A sermon written by the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D., for the funeral of his wife
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A sermon
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Letters to and from the late Samuel Johnson, to which are added some poems never before printed: Published from the original MSS. in her possession
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Letters to and from the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: To which are Added Some ..
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The letters of Samuel Johnson: to which areadded some poems never before printed
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The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abbissinia
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The celebrated letter from Samuel Johnson, LL.D. to Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield: now first published, with notes, by James Boswell, Esq.
1 edition - first published in 1790 -
Witticisms, anecdotes and sayings of Dr. Samuel Johnson..
1 edition - first published in 1791 -
Proposals for publishing, in May next, Croft's Johnson's Dictionary corrected, without the smallest omission; considerably improved; and enlarged with more than twenty thousand words, illustrated by examples from the books quoted by Dr. Johnson, and from others of the best authority in our own and former times
1 edition - first published in 1792 -
The beauties of Samuel Johnson, consisting of maxims and observations, moral, critical, and miscellaneous to which are now added, biographical anecdotes of the doctor, selected from the works of Mrs. Piozzi: his life, recently published by Boswell, and other authentic testimonies, also his will, and the sermon he wrote for the late Doctor Dodd.
1 edition - first published in 1792 Read -
Dinarbas: A Tale: Being a Continuation of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
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The Lives of the English Poets: and a criticism on their works
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Works
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The beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. consisting of maxims and observations, ..
1 edition - first published in 1797 -
Dr. Johnson's table-talk: containing aphorisms on literature, life, and manners; with anecdotes, of distinguished persons; selected and arranged from Mr. Boswell's Life of Johnson.
3 editions - first published in 1798 Read -
Johnson's Dictionary of the English language, in miniature [ed. by J. Hamilton]. By J. Hamilton
2 editions - first published in 1798 Read -
The life of William Collins
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Rasselas, prince d'Abissinie
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Dr. Johnson's table-talk, containing aphorisms on literature, life, and manners: with anecdotes of distinguished persons, selected and arranged from Mr. Boswell's Life of Johnson.
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The Rambler: By Samuel Johnson. In Four Volumes. Embellished with Elegant Frontispieces. ..
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The table talk of Samuel Johnson: comprising his most interesting remarks and observations
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The Works of Samuel Johson
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The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations ..
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An account of the life of Dr. Samuel Johnson: from his birth to his eleventh year
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An account of the life of Dr. Samuel Johnson from his birth to his eleventh year
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq., in Verse and Prose: Containing the Principal Notes of Drs ..
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The works of Samuel Johnson: With an Essay on His Life and Genius
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The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq. In Verse and Prose: Containing the ..
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A di ctionary of English language
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The history of Rasselas, prince of Abysinnia: a tale
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.: In Twelve Volumes
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Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia: A Tale
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A Criticism on the Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
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The works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D .... With an essay on his life and genius, by Arthur Murphy
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A dictionary of the English language in which the words are deduced from their original and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers, to which are prefixed a history of the language and an English grammar
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A Criticism on the Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard: Being a ..
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series ..
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The idler
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