Cover of Samuel Johnson

Book 1995

Samuel Johnson

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Language
English
Published
1995
  • Politics and literature
  • Great Britain
  • Western Europe - General
  • Political
  • History
  • English
  • United Kingdom, Great Britain
  • Historical - British

'The chief glory of every people', announced Johnson in the Preface to his Dictionary of the English Language, 'arises from its authours'.