Dramadocumentary telling the story of Samuel Johnsons creation of the first English dictionary in an attic room just off Fleet Street in Georgian London The depressive writerforhire with Tourettes ...

The painter William Hogarth said that when he first met ... his work on the dictionary, through his wit, his shade, his incredibly quotable and repeatable epigrams, Samuel Johnson's personality ...

Following his Dictionary, Samuel Johnson is perhaps most famous for saying 'when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life…', but is also remembered for having the ability to sum up a ...

Purcell also points to Hieronymus: Omnium Operum, an academic commentary on the Bible, published in Basle, Switzerland, in 1516 as one of the oldest books for sale. The auction features several other ...