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This review is from: The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol 18: Johnson on the English Language (The Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel) (Hardcover)
While dearly priced, this book is a wonderful addition to the library of every serious student of the English language.
Professors Kolb and DeMaria are fully up to the daunting task of editing the works of such a master of English as was Johnson. I do quarrel with the editors' decision to use the original French, without translation, in several footnotes, as I --- and I suspect as many others in our country who are keenly interested in Johnson -- do not read that language. As SJ himself said, "...few ideas would be lost to mankind, for want of English words, in which they might be expressed." |
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol 18: Johnson on the English Language (The Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel) by Samuel Johnson (Hardcover - November 22, 2005)
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