Samuel Johnson (15 April 1755), “A”, in A Dictionary of the English Language: [], volume I (A–K), London: [] W[illiam] Strahan, for J[ohn] and P[aul] Knapton; [], OCLC 1637325


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Preface Preface
History The History of the English Language
Grammar A Grammar of the English Tongue
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    • {{R:Johnson Dictionary|entry={{smallcaps|A′nswerable}}|noformat=1|url=https://archive.org/details/b30451541_0001/page/n146/mode/1up|column=1|passage=[T]he argument, though ſubtle, is yet '''''anſwerable'''''.|nodot=1}}; or
    • {{R:Johnson Dictionary|{{smallcaps|A′nswerable}}|noformat=1|https://archive.org/details/b30451541_0001/page/n146/mode/1up|column=1|[T]he argument, though ſubtle, is yet '''''anſwerable'''''.|nodot=1}}
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    • {{R:Johnson Dictionary|entry={{smallcaps|Lexico′grapher}}|noformat=1|url=https://archive.org/details/b30451541_0002/page/n45/mode/1up|column=1|passage='''{{smallcaps|Lexico′grapher}}'''. [...] A writer of dictionaries; a harmleſs drudge, that buſies himſelf in tracing the original, and detailing the ſignification of words.|nodot=1}}
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  • Wikitext: {{R:Johnson Dictionary|chapter=Preface|url=https://archive.org/details/b30451541_0001/page/n14/mode/1up|passage=And ſuch is the fate of hapleſs '''lexicography''', that not only darkneſs, but light, impedes and diſtreſſes it; things may be not only too little, but too much known, to be happily illuſtrated.|nodot=1}}
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