Abstract: Preface Cue-titles 1. Introduction Johnson's 'Mind ... on the Stretch': A Dictionary of the English Language 2. 'The plan of my undertaking': the composition and purpose of the Plan of a Dictionary 3. 'I can do it in three years': a false start to the Dictionary 4. 'Ended, though not Completed': the first edition published 5. 'I know not how to get loose': the Fourth Edition 6. 'Unexpected truth': the use of poetical authorities 7. 'Factious in a factious age: theology and politics in the fourth edition 8. 'The world must, at present, take it a...
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