{"product_id":"samuel-johnsons-dictionary-9780802714213","title":"Samuel Johnson's Dictionary","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo volumes thick and 2 300 pages long  Samuel Johnsons Dictionary  published in 1755  marked a milestone in a language in desperate need of standards. No English dictionary before it had devoted so much space to everyday words  been so thorough in its definitions  or illustrated usage by quoting from Shakespeare and other great writers. Johnsons Dictionary would define the language for the next 150 years  until the arrival of the Oxford English Dictionary. Johnsons was the dictionary used by Jane Austen and Charles Dickens  Wordsworth and Coleridge  the Bronts and the Brownings  Thomas Hardy and Oscar Wilde. Modern dictionaries owe much to Johnsons work. This new edition  created by Levenger Press  contains more than 3 100 selections from the original  including etymology  definitions  and illustrative passages in their original spelling. Bristling with quotations  the Dictionary offers memorable passages on subjects ranging from books and critics to dreams and ethics. It also features three new indexes created out of entries in this edition: words found in Shakespeares works  words from other great literary works  and piquant terms used in eighteenth-century discussions of such topics as law  medicine  and the sexes. Finally  Johnsons \"Plan of a Dictionary of the English Language \" seldom seen in print  which he wrote eight years before the Dictionary  is reproduced in its entirety. For those who appreciate literature  interpret the law  and love language  this a browsers delightan encyclopedia of the age and a dictionary for the ages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44938365206581,"sku":"ByrdShop_0802714218","price":98.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780802714213.jpg?v=1788111588","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/samuel-johnsons-dictionary-9780802714213","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}