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Plan and Preface to a Dictionary of the English Language

Name: Plan and Preface to a Dictionary of the English Language
Author: Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Plan of an English Dictionary – Part 1 (33:14)
Plan of an English Dictionary – Part 2 (27:40)
Preface to the Dictionary – Part 1 (35:24)
Preface to the Dictionary – Part 2 (46:08)