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  • Notes to Shakespeare: The Comedies and Tragedies

    by Samuel Johnson ...
    THAT praises are without reason lavished on the dead, and that the honours due only to excellence are paid to antiquity, is a complaint likely to be always continued by those, who, being able to add nothing to truth, hope for eminence from the heresies of paradox; or those, who, being forced by disappointment upon consolatory expedients, are willing to hope from posterity what the present age ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lives of The Poets, Volume 1

    by Samuel Johnson ...
    The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical fiction, philosophy, science, Religion, folklore, mythology, history, literature, politics and sacred texts, in addition to Secret and esoteric subjects, such as: occult, freemasonry, alchemy, hermetic, ... Read more

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  • Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland

    by Samuel Johnson ...
    INCH KEITH I had desired to visit the Hebrides, or Western Islands of Scotland, so long, that I scarcely remember how the wish was originally excited; and was in the Autumn of the year 1773 induced to undertake the journey, by finding in Mr. Boswell a companion, whose acuteness would help my inquiry, and whose gaiety of conversation and civility of manners are sufficient to counteract the ... Read more

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  • A Dictionary of the English Language: an Anthology

    by Samuel Johnson ...
    Samuel Johnson's 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. Johnson's was the dictionary used by Jane Austen and Charles Dickens, Wordsworth and Coleridge, the ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Selected Essays

    by Samuel Johnson ...
    This volume contains a generous selection from the essays Johnson published twice weekly as 'The Rambler' in the early 1750s. It was here that he first created the literary character and forged the distinctive prose style that established him as a public figure. Also included here is the best of Johnson's later journalism, including essays from the periodicals 'The Adventurer' and 'The Idler'. ... Read more

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  • The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume One

    by Samuel Johnson ...
    Series Book 1 - The Works of Samuel Johnson
    A brief essay on the life and genius of the prolific eighteenth-century English author, followed by a selection of his poetry, letters, and a novella.Under the pen name "Dr. Johnson," English writer Samuel Johnson was a biographer, essayist, lexicographer, literary critic, moralist, playwright, poet, and travel writer. The son of a bookseller, he made so many contributions to the English language ... Read more

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  • A Dictionary of The English Language

    by Samuel Johnson ...
    Orthography is the art of combining letters into syllables, and syllables into words. It therefore teaches previously the form and sound of letters. ... Read more

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  • Complete Works of Samuel Johnson (Delphi Classics)

    by Samuel Johnson, Delphi Classics ...
    Series Book 21 - Delphi Series Four
    The celebrated Dr. Johnson made a lasting contribution to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer and lexicographer. This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works of Samuel Johnson, with numerous illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Johnson's life and ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia

    by Samuel Johnson ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'What then is to be done? said Rasselas; the more we inquire, the less we can resolve.' Rasselas and his companions escape the pleasures of the 'happy valley' in order to make their 'choice of life'. By witnessing the misfortunes and miseries of others they may come to understand the nature of happiness, and value it more highly. Their travels and enquiries raise important practical and ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

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  • Samuel Johnson: Selected Essays

    by Samuel Johnson, Manor Books ...
    This volume contains a generous selection from the essays Johnson published twice weekly as 'The Rambler' in the early 1750s. It was here that he first created the literary character and forged the distinctive prose style that established him as a public figure. Also included here is the best of Johnson's later journalism, including essays from the periodicals 'The Adventurer' and 'The Idler'. ... Read more

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  • A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland

    by Samuel Johnson ...
    A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland by Samuel Johnson. ... Read more

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  • An Account of the Life of Mr Richard Savage

    by Samuel Johnson ...
    The Life of Mr Richard Savage was the first important book by a then-unknown Grub Street hack, Samuel Johnson. Richard Savage (1697—1743) was a poet, playwright, and satirist who claimed to be the illegitimate son of a late earl and to have been denied his inheritance and viciously persecuted by his mother. He was urbane, charming, a brilliant conversationalist, but also irresponsible and ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD