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Birmingham Post Weekend: Books Reviews: Discovering dictionary delights the Johnson way; Samuel Johnson's Dictionary, edited by Jack Lynch, Atlantic Books, pounds 19.99. Reviewed by Jayne Howarth.(Features)
From: The Birmingham Post (England)
Date: 20041120
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Byline: Reviewed by Jayne Howarth
When Samuel Johnson produced the first English dictionary in 1755, it was a fantastic achievement, a milestone.
Although not the first, it set an imposing standard for the lexicon compilers of the future with its two volumes totalling 2,300 pages.
It was, and remains, a classic, and it was the definitive book of words for more than 150 years, when the gargantuan Oxford ...
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