Johnson, Samuel 1709-1784

Johnson's dictionary by Samuel Johnson ( Book )
939 editions published between 1755 and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 2,608 libraries worldwide
A dictionary with more than 40,000 entries which was a primary reference source for scholars and writers of the 18th and 19th century.

The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia by Samuel Johnson ( Book )
1,019 editions published between 1759 and 2009 in 22 languages and held by 2,464 libraries worldwide
Contains Rasselas, a philosophical tale; The vision of Theodore, a moral allegory; and The fountains, a fairy tale.

Lives of the English poets by Samuel Johnson ( Book )
674 editions published between 1778 and 2010 in 5 languages and held by 2,428 libraries worldwide
If a man is to write A Panegyrick, he may keep vices out of sight; but if he professes to write A Life, he must represent it really as it was.'In the last of his major writings, Samuel Johnson looked back over the previous two centuries of English Literature in order to describe the personalities as well as the achievements of the leading English poets. The major Lives - of Milton, Dryden, Swift, and Pope - are memorable cameos of the life of writing in which Johnson is as attentive to human frailty as to literary prowess. The shorter Lives preserve some of Johnson's most piercing, critical ju.

A journey to the western islands of Scotland by Samuel Johnson ( Book )
291 editions published between 1775 and 2008 in 4 languages and held by 2,205 libraries worldwide
Samuel Johnson and James Boswell's 1773 trip by horseback across the Highlands to the Western islands of Scotland.

A Johnson reader by Samuel Johnson ( Book )
6 editions published between 1964 and 1966 in English and held by 1,529 libraries worldwide
Includes "Life of Savage", "The history of Rasselas", "Life of Milton", the prefaces to the "Dictionary" and "Shakespeare", essays, poems, and a section of quotations that illustrate "Johnson talking".

Samuel Johnson on Shakespeare by Samuel Johnson ( Book )
83 editions published between 1908 and 1997 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,476 libraries worldwide

The Yale edition of the works of Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson ( Book )
59 editions published between 1958 and 2010 in English and held by 1,330 libraries worldwide

Selected writings by Samuel Johnson ( Book )
21 editions published between 1949 and 2009 in English and held by 1,264 libraries worldwide

The rambler by Samuel Johnson ( Book )
218 editions published between 1751 and 2005 in 4 languages and held by 1,079 libraries worldwide
Anonymous. By Samuel Johnson.

A voyage to Abyssinia by Jerónimo Lobo ( Book )
27 editions published between 1735 and 1985 in English and held by 1,075 libraries worldwide