A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from Their Originals, Explained in Their Different Meanings, and Authorised by the Names of the Writers in Whose Works They are Found |
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| Title | A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from Their Originals, Explained in Their Different Meanings, and Authorised by the Names of the Writers in Whose Works They are Found |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Publisher | T. Brown, 1797 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Dec 18, 2007 |
| Length | 986 pages |
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