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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Rasselas: a tale.
170 editions - first published in 1759 -
A dictionary of the English language
102 editions - first published in 1747 -
The rambler: in four volumes.
91 editions - first published in 1750 -
The lives of the most eminent English poets: with critical observations on their works
68 editions - first published in 1779 -
A journey to the Western Islands of Scotland
67 editions - first published in 1775 -
Lives of the poets
37 editions - first published in 1820 -
The idler
35 editions - first published in 1761 -
Prayers and meditations
33 editions - first published in 1785 -
Samuel Johnson
28 editions - first published in 1785 -
Johnson on Shakespeare
27 editions - first published in 1908 -
The works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
24 editions - first published in 1787 -
The works of Samuel Johnson
20 editions - first published in 1787 -
Irene
19 editions - first published in 1749 -
The letters of Samuel Johnson: to which areadded some poems never before printed
16 editions - first published in 1788 -
The adventurer
11 editions - first published in 1754 -
The beauties of Johnson
11 editions - first published in 1781 -
THE YALE EDITION OF THE WORKS
10 editions - first published in 1958 -
Prose and poetry: with Boswell's character, Macaulay's Life and Raleigh's essay
10 editions - first published in 1922 -
The critical opinions of Samuel Johnson
9 editions - first published in 1926 -
The works of the English poets: with prefaces, biographical and critical.
8 editions - first published in 1779 -
The beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
8 editions - first published in 1787 -
London
8 editions - first published in 1738 -
Diaries, prayers and annals
6 editions - first published in 1958 -
Thoughts on the late transactions respecting Falkland's Islands
6 editions - first published in 1771 -
Samuel Johnson on Shakespeare
6 editions - first published in 1960 -
Johnson: prose and poetry
5 editions - first published in 1950 -
Selections from the works of Samuel Johnson
5 editions - first published in 1909 -
Wit and wisdom of Samuel Johnson
5 editions - first published in 1888 -
Debates in Parliament
5 editions - first published in 1787 -
Annotations
5 editions - first published in 1787 -
The convict's address to his unhappy brethren
5 editions - first published in 1777 -
Taxation no tyranny: an answer to the resolutions and address of the American Congress.
5 editions - first published in 1775 -
A Johnson reader: Edited by E.L. McAdam Jr. & George Milne.
5 editions - first published in 1964 -
The poems of Samuel Johnson
5 editions - first published in 1941 -
Dr. Johnson: some observations and judgements upon life and letters
5 editions - first published in 1948 -
The life of Mr. Richard Savage
5 editions - first published in 1767 -
The letters of Samuel Johnson, with Mrs. Thrale's genuine letters to him: Collected & edited by R.W. Chapman.
5 editions - first published in 1952 -
The false alarm
4 editions - first published in 1770 -
Political tracts: Containing, The false alarm. Falkland's Islands. The patriot; and, Taxation no tyranny.
4 editions - first published in 1776 -
The patriot: addressed to the electors of Great Britain.
4 editions - first published in 1774 -
Johnson's Proposals for printing Bibliotheca Harleiana, 1742
4 editions - first published in 1926 -
The fountains: a fairy tale
4 editions - first published in 1927 -
Johnsonian miscellanies
4 editions - first published in 1897 -
Notes to Shakespeare
4 editions - first published in 1956 -
Lives of Dryden and Pope: Edited, with introd. and notes
4 editions - first published in 1885 -
Johnson and Queeney: letters from Dr Johnson to Queeney Thrale, from the Bowood papers
4 editions - first published in 1932 -
Johnson: prose & poetry: with Boswell's character, Macaulay's life and Raleigh's essay
4 editions - first published in 1922 -
Sermons
4 editions - first published in 1819 -
The lives of the most eminent English poets, with critical observations on ..
4 editions - first published in 1811 -
Letters of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
4 editions - first published in 1892 -
A memoir of Roger Ascham
4 editions - first published in 1886 -
A Johnson sampler: Edited by Henry Darcy Curwen.
4 editions - first published in 1963 -
Histoire de Rasselas, prince d'Abyssinie: Traduction nouvelle et posthume ...
3 editions - first published in 1822 -
The beauties of 'The rambler', 'Adventurer', 'Connoisseur', 'World' and 'Idler': in two volumes.
3 editions - first published in 1787 -
A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion
3 editions - first published in 1856 -
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Life of Pope: [Edited] by Peter Peterson.
3 editions - first published in 1889 -
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.
3 editions - first published in 1786 -
Samuel Johnson's prefaces & dedications
3 editions - first published in 1937 -
Life of Dryden: Edited by Peter Peterson.
3 editions - first published in 1899 -
The table talk of Samuel Johnson: comprising his most interesting remarks and observations
3 editions - first published in 1800 -
The prayers of Doctor Samuel Johnson
3 editions - first published in 1902 -
The six chief lives from Johnson's "Lives of the poets," with Macaulay's "Life of Johnson"
3 editions - first published in 1878 -
Wisdom and genius of Dr. Samuel Johnson: selected from his prose writings
3 editions - first published in 1875 -
Johnson as critic: Edited by John Wain.
3 editions - first published in 1973 -
A sermon written by the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D., for the funeral of his wife
3 editions - first published in 1788 -
Samuel Johnson's literary criticism
3 editions - first published in 1974 -
The Idler and the Adventurer
3 editions - first published in 1963 -
Prologue written by Samuel Johnson and spoken by David Garrick at a benefit performance of Comus, April 1750
3 editions - first published in 1925 -
Johnson, prose & poetry, with Boswell's character, Macaulay's life and Raleigh's essay
3 editions - first published in 1922 -
Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and Boswell's Journal of a tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson: Edited by R.W. Chapman.
3 editions - first published in 1924 -
Selections from Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784
3 editions - first published in 1955 -
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. ...
3 editions - first published in 1788 -
The essays of Samuel Johnson: selected from 'The rambler', 1750-1752; 'The adventurer', 1753; and 'The idler', 1758-1760
3 editions - first published in 1888 -
Select essays of Dr. Johnson
3 editions - first published in 1889 -
The life of Johnson: with maxims and observations. moral, critical, and miscellaneous
3 editions - first published in 1833 -
London: a poem, in imitation of the third satire of Juvenal: a poem, in imitation of the third satire of Juvenal
3 editions - first published in 1738 -
The six chief lives from Johnson's "Lives of the poets": with Macaulay's "Life of Johnson".
3 editions - first published in 1878 -
Essays from the Rambler, Adventurer, and Idler
3 editions - first published in 1968 -
Johnson on Johnson: a selection of the personal and autobiographical writings of Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
3 editions - first published in 1976 -
Selected letters of Samuel Johnson
2 editions - first published in 1930 -
The Yale edition of the works of Samuel Johnson
2 editions - first published in 1958 -
The table talk of Dr. Johnson: comprising opinions and anecdotes of life and literature, men, manners, and morals.
2 editions - first published in 1825 -
Vorwort zum Werk Shakespeares
2 editions - first published in 1765 -
Johnson, Boswell, and Mrs. Piozzi: a suppressed passage restored ...
2 editions - first published in 1929 -
An account of the life of Mr Richard Savage: son of the Earl Rivers.
2 editions - first published in 1744 -
Preface to Shakespeare
2 editions - first published in 1957 -
Johnson's Proposals for his edition of Shakespeare, 1756: printed in type-facsimile.
2 editions - first published in 1923 -
Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia: A Tale
2 editions - first published in 1831 -
Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia: A Tale
2 editions - first published in 1810 -
Proposals for The Publisher, 1744: Now reprinted in facsimile and for the first time ascribed to Samuel Johnson.
2 editions - first published in 1930 -
Dr. Johnson on Shakespeare
2 editions - first published in 1969 -
Diary of a tour in North Wales, in the year 1774: to which is added an essay on the corn laws
2 editions - first published in 1817 -
Papers written by Dr Johnson and Dr Dodd in 1777
2 editions - first published in 1926 -
The sayings of Dr. Johnson
2 editions - first published in 1968 -
The plan of a dictionary, 1747
2 editions - first published in 1970 -
A diary of a journey into North Wales, in the year 1774: Edited, with illustrative notes
2 editions - first published in 1816 -
The wisdom of Dr. Johnson: being comments on life and moral precepts chosen from his writings
2 editions - first published in 1948 -
Johnsoniana
2 editions - first published in 1845 -
Samuel Johnson's prologue spoken at the opening of the Theatre in Drury Lane in 1747; with Garrick's epilogue
2 editions - first published in 1902 -
The major works
2 editions - first published in 2000
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William Shakespeare (1564-1616),
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784),
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Alexander Pope (1688-1744),
Joseph Addison (1672-1719),
John Dryden (1631-1700),
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745),
Hester Lynch Piozzi (1741-1821),
Richard Savage (d. 1743),
Thomas Gray (1716-1771),
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Robert Walpole Earl of Orford (1676-1745),
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Abraham Cowley (1618-1667),
Edmund Waller (1605-1687),
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Elizabeth (Clarke) Foster (d. 1754),
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Elizabeth Jarvis Porter Johnson (1689-1752),
Francis Drake Sir (1540?-1596),
Frederick II King of Prussia (1712-1786)
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