Johnson, Samuel

ID 4168
Last Name Johnson
First Name Samuel
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Gender Male
Date of Birth 1709-09-07
Date of Death 1784-12-13
Place of Birth Lichfield
Place of Death London
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Wikipedia Entry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Johnson
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Author The vanity of human wishes. The tenth satire of Juvenal, imitated by Samuel Johnson. 1749
Author The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical observations on their works. By Samuel Johnson. In four volumes. ... 1783
Author The works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Together with his life, and notes on his Lives of the poets, by Sir John Hawkins, Knt. In eleven volumes. 1787
Author Letters to and from the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. to which are added some poems never before printed. Published from the original MSS. in her possession, by Hester Lynch Piozzi. In two volumes. 1788
Author Letters to and from the Late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. to which are added, some poems never before printed. Published from the original MSS. in her possession, by Hester Lynch Piozzi. In two volumes. 1788
Author A dialogue between Mrs. Knowles and Dr. Johnson. 1792
Author The adventurer. A new edition. Illustrated with frontispieces. 1794
Author The lives of the most eminent English poets. With critical observations on their works. By Samuel Johnson. A new edition, corrected. In four volumes. A New Edition, Corrected. 1794
Author Bell's British Theatre. Consisting of the Most Esteemed English Plays. 1797
Author Johnson's Lives of the English Poets, Abridged: with notes and illustrations by the editor. Designed for the improvement of youth in the knowledge of polite literature, and as a useful and pleasing compendium for persons of riper years. To which is prefixed, some account of the life of Dr. Johnson. 1797
Author Dialogue between Dr. Johnson and Mrs. Knowles. 1799
Author Johnson's dictionary of the English language, in miniature. To which are added, an alphabetical account of the heathen deities; a list of the cities, boroughs, and market towns in England and Wales; a copious chronology; and a concise epitome of the most remarkable events during the French revolution. By the Rev. Joseph Hamilton, M.A. Thirteenth Edition. 1800
Author Dialogue between Mrs. Knowles and Dr. Johnson. 1805
Author A spelling dictionary, divided into short lessons, for the easier committing to memory by children and young persons; and calculated to assist youth in comprehending what they read: selected from Johnson's Dictionary, for the use of her pupils. By Susanna Rowson. 1807
Author The Parnassian Garland; or, beauties of modern poetry : consisting of upwards of two hundred pieces, selected from the works of the most distinguished poets of the present age. With introductory lines to each article. Designed for the use of schools and the admirers of poetry in general. By John Evans, A. M. Master of a seminary for a limited number of pupils, Pullin's Row, Islington. 1807
Author The works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. A new edition, in fifteen [i.e., twelve] volumes. With an essay on his life and genius, by Arthur Murphy, Esq. 1809
Author English Minstrelsy. Being a selection of fugitive poetry from the best English authors; with some original pieces hitherto unpublished. In two volumes. 1810
Author The British Novelists; with an Essay; and Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, by Mrs. Barbauld 1810
Author The Lives of the most eminent English Poets; with Critical Observations on their Works. By Samuel Johnson, L. L. D. In three volumes. 1811
Author The Modern British Drama. In five volumes. 1811
Author Reflections on the seven days of the week. By Catharine Talbot. To which is prefixed the life of the author. The profits arising from the sale of this edition are appropriated to the use of the Boston Female Asylum. 1813
Author A spelling dictionary, divided into short lessons, for the easier committing to memory by children and young persons; and calculated to assist youth in comprehending what they read: selected from Johnson's Dictionary, for the use of her pupils. By Susanna Rowson. Second edition. 1815
Author Reflections on the seven days of the week. By Catherine Talbot. To which is prefixed, the life of the author. 1816
Author The British Novelists; with an Essay, and Prefaces Biographical and Critical, by Mrs. Barbauld. A New Edition. 1820
Author Ballantyne's Novelist's Library 1821

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