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“Exactly as Dr. Samuel Johnson famously quipped, the thought of death concentrated my mind.”
“The Letter from Samuel Johnson to the Earl of Chesterfield,”
“Great Samuel Johnson assisted at the beginning of Bibliopoly; small Thomas Carlyle assists at the ending of it: both are sorrowful seasons for a man.”
The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I
“An erstwhile resident of Lichfield, Samuel Johnson by name, once said of Joseph Addison, “Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison.””
““Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement,” Dr. Samuel Johnson said in the 18th century.”
“No wonder Dr. Samuel Johnson himself said, “There is nothing which requires more to be illustrated by philosophy than trade does.””
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Honorary Wordniks
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Charles Sanders P..., Cole Porter, David Hilbert, William Shakespeare, Ogden Nash, Jack Prelutsky, Edward Lear, Will Shortz, Eugene T. Maleska, Tom Lehrer, Samuel Johnson, David Grambs and 57 more...
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Boswell's Life of Johnson
These are words from The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversatio...
Samuel Johnson, LL. D., panegyrist, gentleman, esquire, bookseller, stationer, yeomanry, a general sensati..., farrago, animadversion
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TT3 Lesson 25
England, London, Figure out, flat, Tourist informati..., Underground, brochure, exchange student, traveling, thrilling, foreigner, mansion and 59 more...
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ruzuzu "Johnson, Samuel Known as "Dr. Johnson.” 1709-1784. British writer and lexicographer. The leading figure among writers in the English language in the second half of the 18th century, he wrote Dictionary of the English Language (1755) and Lives of the Poets (1779-1781)."
Dec 22, 2011