| Titre : | A dictionary of the English language : an anthology | | Type de document : | texte imprimé | | Auteurs : | Samuel Johnson | | Editeur : | London [England] : Penguin Books | | Année de publication : | 2006 | | Importance : | xlv, 650 p. | | Format : | 20 cm | | ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-14-144157-3 | | Langues : | Anglais | | Catégories : | LITTERATURE ET LANGUE ANGLAISE:423 Dictionnaries
| | Mots-clés : | English language | | Index. décimale : | 423 | | Résumé : | Surprising, colorful, and long-forgotten entries from the most famous dictionary in the history of the English language Samuel Johnson's best-known work, A Dictionary of the English Language(1755), is the most influential and idiosyncratic lexicon ever written and was used by Jane Austen and Charles Dickens, the Brontės and the Brownings, Thomas Hardy and Oscar Wilde. This anthology includes 4,000 of the most representative, entertaining, and historically fascinating entries, covering subjects from fashion to food, science to sex, and given in full with original spelling and examples of usage from Shakespeare to Milton. |
A dictionary of the English language : an anthology [texte imprimé] / Samuel Johnson . - London (England) : Penguin Books, 2006 . - xlv, 650 p. ; 20 cm. ISBN : 978-0-14-144157-3 Langues : Anglais | Catégories : | LITTERATURE ET LANGUE ANGLAISE:423 Dictionnaries
| | Mots-clés : | English language | | Index. décimale : | 423 | | Résumé : | Surprising, colorful, and long-forgotten entries from the most famous dictionary in the history of the English language Samuel Johnson's best-known work, A Dictionary of the English Language(1755), is the most influential and idiosyncratic lexicon ever written and was used by Jane Austen and Charles Dickens, the Brontės and the Brownings, Thomas Hardy and Oscar Wilde. This anthology includes 4,000 of the most representative, entertaining, and historically fascinating entries, covering subjects from fashion to food, science to sex, and given in full with original spelling and examples of usage from Shakespeare to Milton. |
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