@book{bibcite_12375, author = {Allen Hillard Reddick}, title = {Making of Johnson{\textquoteright}s Dictionary, 1746-1773, Rev. ed.}, year = {1996}, pages = {252 pp.}, publisher = {Cambridge University Press}, address = {Cambridge, England}, isbn = {9780521568388}, note = {Contents: Introduction: Johnson{\textquoteright}s {\textquoteright}Mind ... on the stretch{\textquoteright} : A Dictionary of the English Language {\textquoteright}The plan of my undertaking{\textquoteright}: the composition and purpose of the Plan of a Dictionary {\textquoteright}I can do it in three years{\textquoteright}: a false start on the Dictionary {\textquoteright}Ended, though not completed{\textquoteright}: the first edition published {\textquoteright}I know not how to get loose{\textquoteright}: the fourth edition {\textquoteright}Unexpected truth{\textquoteright}: the use of poetical authorities {\textquoteright}Factious in a factious age{\textquoteright}: theology and politics in the fourth edition {\textquoteright}The world must, at present, take it as it is{\textquoteright}: Johnson{\textquoteright}s Dictionary after 1773.}, language = {English}, }