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23 de abr. de 2024 · Samuel Johnson (born September 18, 1709, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England—died December 13, 1784, London) was an English critic, biographer, essayist, poet, and lexicographer, regarded as one of the greatest figures of 18th-century life and letters. Johnson once characterized literary biographies as “mournful narratives,” and he believed ...
Hace 4 días · Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 [ OS 7 September] – 13 December 1784), often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography calls him "arguably the most ...
1 de may. de 2024 · In 1747, Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), a poet, writer, critic, satirist, and lexicographer, published Plan of a Dictionary of the English Language.Johnson took a conservative approach to protect and preserve the English language: “The chief intent… is to preserve the purity and ascertain the meaning of our English idiom… one great end of this undertaking is to fix the English language.”
25 de abr. de 2024 · Freya Johnston. by Philip Smallwood. Criticism, for Samuel Johnson, was female, her votaries for the most part malicious, ineffectual men. In an early issue of the Rambler from 1750, Criticism is presented as ‘the eldest daughter of Labour and of Truth’, charged by the Muses with distinguishing good from bad writing and duty-bound to confer ...
19 de abr. de 2024 · The life of Samuel Johnson; by James Boswell. Publication date 1909-01-01 Publisher Sturgis & Walton Co Collection internetarchivebooks Contributor ...
30 de abr. de 2024 · Hester Lynch Piozzi (born Jan. 27, 1740, Bodvel, Carnarvonshire, Wales—died May 2, 1821, Clifton, Bristol, Eng.) was an English writer and friend of Samuel Johnson. In 1763 she married a wealthy brewer named Henry Thrale. In January 1765 Samuel Johnson was brought to dinner, and the next year, following a severe illness, Johnson spent most of ...
26 de abr. de 2024 · 1669 likes. Samuel Johnson — ‘Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.’.
