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 ...

In his "Dictionary of the English Language," Samuel Johnson defined “lexicographer” as “a writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge.” **novel: a) a piece of writing of some length with something wrong ...