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Samuel Johnson

1709 to 1784 · English · Essay

What sets their writing apart: Study Johnson for the weighted sentence and the moral essay: balanced, periodic prose that thinks in public. A model for argument, definition and cadence.

Notable works

A Dictionary of the English Language (1755)
A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland (1775)
Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets

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