A dictionary of the English language : in which the words are deduced from their originals; and illustrated in their different significations, by examples from the best writers: together with a history of the language, and an English grammar

Northern Maps: Re-negotiating Space and Place in the Northern Isles and Norway in the Eighteenth Century

“…48 So, for example, Samuel Johnson's 1755 dictionary already makes a distinction between geography, chorography and topography, defining chorography as 'the art or practice of describing particular regions, or laying down the limits or boundaries of particular provinces' stating that it 'is less in its object than geography, and greater than topography'. 49 Darrel Rohl argues that 'chorographic thinking' continued. 50 Although the term eventually disappeared, chorographic practices and ideas were retained, especially in the activities of eighteenthcentury naturalists and antiquarians, who produced maps as part of a series of chorographical activities, such as the publications of travel accounts and journals of tours.…”

“Tumbled into the dirt”

“…What Samuel Johnson styled its "original signification" continued into the sixteenth century, providing an indigenous counter-point to the burgeoning hegemony of civility; sheer mental adeptness was not, after all, a product of classical learning, though it could certainly aid and abet it (Johnson 1775). "Wit" could not escape, however, the gloss of the ancients.…”

Fair Trial: The History of an Idea

“…Another source of direct access to contemporary intuitions is dictionaries, particularly those that contain definitions rather than lists of synonyms and those that contain evidence from examples of use. One of the best of course is Dr. Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language (Johnson 1755(Johnson /1812 England andWales (1865-2005). The Old Bailey is London's Central Criminal Court.…”

“…Bailey distinguished two meanings, "fair (clear, beautiful)" that modified things and "fair (just, right)" that modified actions. Later in the eighteenth century Dr. Samuel Johnson suggested "equal, just," "not effected by any insidious or unlawful methods; not foul," and "equitable; not injurious" (Johnson 1755(Johnson /1812. Consider the following examples where fair appears in sentences that would be unacceptable today.…”