Three thousand years of Habesha history and discourse -- Samuel Johnson's discursive possession and The voyage to Abyssinia -- Johnson's reading, beliefs, and translation of The voyage to Abyssinia -- ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — For Mary Hyde Eccles, literary giant Samuel Johnson was more than a ghost of history. He was a passion. The Viscountess Eccles, a scholar and renowned book collector, spent 60 years ...

Here is a real treat for word lovers: 3,100 selections from Dr. Johnson's historic dictionary, with definitions, etymologies and usage illustrations. To buss is charmingly defined as""To kiss; to ...

SAMUEL JOHNSON — Joseph Wood Krutch—Henry Holt ($3.75). When England’s crusty, sagacious Samuel Johnson died in 1784, he left to posterity the first great English dictionary, a few volumes of ...

According to conventional wisdom, most people would rather be known as a great writer than a great lawyer. Yet one of the most famous English writers regretted that he had not become a lawyer. I’m ...

Mr. Keizer is an author and a contributing editor of Harper’s Magazine and Virginia Quarterly Review. If resolution makers wanted a patron saint, they could do worse than Samuel Johnson (1709 to 1784) ...