Title: The making of Johnson's dictionary, 1746-1773 /
Authors: Reddick, Allen Hilliard; Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784.
Publisher: New York :
Subjects: Johnson, Samuel,; English language Lexicography History; English language Lexicography.
Contents: Machine derived contents note: Preface Cue-titles -- 1. Introduction Johnson's 'Mind on the Stretch': A Dictionary of the English Language -- 2. 'The plan of my undertaking': the composition and purpose of the Plan of a Dictionary -- 3. 'I can do it in three years': a false start to the Dictionary -- 4. 'Ended, though not Completed': the first edition published -- 5. 'I know not how to get loose': the Fourth Edition -- 6. 'Unexpected truth': the use of poetical authorities -- 7. 'Factious in a factious age: theology and politics in the fourth edition -- 8. 'The world must, at present, take it as it is': Johnson's Dictionary after 1773 -- Appendix A: description of the Sneyd-Gimbel materials -- Appendix B: description of the British Library copy -- Appendix C: provenance and history of the Sneyd-Gimbel and British Library copies.