“Knowledge is of two kinds; we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.”
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Samuel Johnson
1709 – 1784
12
Books
6
Quotes
Samuel Johnson, was an English author who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. Johnson was a devout Anglican and committed Tory, and has been described as "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history".[1] He is also the subject of "the most famous single work of biographical art in the whole of literature": James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson.[2] ([Source][1].) [1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Johnson
Bibliography
Books by Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson's dictionary: A modern selection
1981
Lives of the Poets Prior, Congreve, Blackmore and Pope
2007
Lives of the English Poets: Waller, Milton, Cowley
2006
The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia
2007
The History of the Yorubas
1997
The Lives of the Poets Boxed Set
2006
Political Writings
2000
Sammlung
2000
Samuel Johnson on Literature (Milestones of Thought in the History of Ideas.)
1979
Samuel Johnson on Shakespeare (New Penguin Shakespeare Library)
1990
Lives Of The English Poets Prior: Congreve
2004
The History of Rasselas Prince of Abissinia
2005
Memorable Words
Quotes by Samuel Johnson
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