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"the sovereignty of words":
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."
| Author: | Samuel Johnson | | Binding: | Hardcover | | Dewey Decimal Number: | 423.028 | | EAN: | 9780300106725 | | ISBN: | 0300106726 | | Number Of Pages: | 560 | | Publication Date: | 2005-11-22 |
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