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WRITERS > lexicographer, critic > Samuel Johnson
Dublin, though a...
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Dublin, though a place much worse than London, is not so bad as Iceland.
Source: Letter to Mrs. Christopher Smart. Life of Johnson, (J. Boswell), Vol. IV
-- Samuel Johnson, (Sep 18 1709-1784), English lexicographer, critic; He was remembered for writing the first critique of Shakespeare, 1765 and Dictionary of the English Language, 1755.