SJ
1709–1784
Samuel Johnson
Lexicographer, moralist, and the great talker of London letters. His prose treats common life as a field for dignity and dread.
Gave English a dictionary, a critical conscience, and the periodical essay as a moral form.
1709–1784
Lexicographer, moralist, and the great talker of London letters. His prose treats common life as a field for dignity and dread.
Gave English a dictionary, a critical conscience, and the periodical essay as a moral form.