Johnson's dictionary of the English language in miniature : to which are added, an alphabetical account of the heathen deities, a list of the cities, boroughs and market towns in England and Wales.

  • Samuel Johnson
Date:
1822
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Credit: Johnson's dictionary of the English language in miniature : to which are added, an alphabetical account of the heathen deities, a list of the cities, boroughs and market towns in England and Wales. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    >lhN LKARMXG AND GENU S.- Dioqtncs I-icrlius, the Greek biounwhcr. |~ .. D.o„ Cassius, of Greece, the Roman historian, fl..'. Origen,a Christian father of Alexandria.. **S> Herodian of Alexandria, the Roman historian,—«! il'ari.V.V.V. '■* Cjprian of Caithage suirereil martyrdom—Marshal. 1 ’• Unginus.theGieek orator,put to death bv Aurelmn— Smith *19 Lactantius, a father of the church, tl ....... *7J Anus, a priest of Alexandria, founder of the sect of Ari’us. 2” BaW! w ccc'etiastiral historian «•«» chronologer—Ha nmer!!!.'!!!! I*.! un/iiy hiahoj) of Caesarea . SregoryNtuianzen, bishop of Constantinople.'.'.’.’.'..' 2£ Ambrose, bishop of Milan Macrobius, the Roman grammarian Sutropius, the Roman historian .'.V.'.'.V. !! 4,4 ^octliius, the Roman poet, and Platonic philosopher—BeMamy, Presion!!!!!!!! ‘ ’!!! rocopius of Cxsarea, the Roman historian—Ilolcroft. [Here ends the illustrious list of ancient, or, as they'are styled, Classic .authors, for whom mankind arc indebted to Greece and Pome,those two great theatres ofhuman glory; but it will ever he regretted that a small part only of their writings have come to our hands. This was owing to the barbarous policy of tho>e tierce illiterate Pa- gans, who, in the fifth century, subverted the Roman empire, and in which prac- tices they w’pre joined soon after by the Saracens, or followers of Mahomet. Con- 8tant:nopfe alone had escaped the ravages of the Barbarians; and to the few literati who sheltered themselves within its walls, is chie.1v owing the preservation of those valuable remains of antiquity. To learning, civility, and refinement, succeeded worse than Gothic ignorance—the superstition and buffoonery of the church of Rome; Europe therefore produces few names worthy of record during the spare of a thousand years; a period which historians, with propriety, denominate the dmk or Gothic ages. The invention of printing contributed to the revival of learning in the sixteenth century, from wliicn memorable xrn a race of men have sprung up in a new soil. Prance, Germany and Britain ; who, if they do not exceed, at least equal the greatest te- nnises of antiquity. Of these our own countrymen have the reputation of the lust rank, with whose names wc shall finish our list.] A. C. ede, a priest of Northumberland ; History of the Saxons, Scots, &c 735 ing Alfred; history, philosophy, and poetry 901 atthew Paris,monk of St. Alban's ; History of England 1939 )ger Bacon, Somersetshire; natural philosophy l?o9 tin Fordun, a priest of Mears-shire; Histo y of Scotland ir09 coiTrev Chaucer, London ; the father of Cnglisn poetry 1400 hn Gower, Wales; the poet r Thomas More, London; history, politics, divinity M35 hn Leiand, London; livt^ and antiquities . i.vsi )g*r Aschfiin, Yorkshire; philosophy and polite literature.. I.SG9 :v. John Knox, the Scotch reformer; history of the church tf Scotland 1379 ?orge Buchanan, Dumbartonshire; history of Scotland, Psahnsof David,politics, .Vc.l^OT hmind Spencer, London ; Fairy Queen, and other poems i raumont and Fletcher, 53 dramatic pieces 161*— illiam Shakespeare, Stratford ; A’l tragedies and comedies ifiid hn Napier, of Marcheston, Scotland ; dixtoverer of logarithms 1^99 illiam Cambden, London; history and antiquities P93 rd Chancellor Bacon, f.ondon ; natural philosophy, literature in general 1 -G ,rd Chief Justice Coke, Norfolk; Laws of England in Johnson, London; M dramatic pieces >, :4 r Henry Selinan, Norfolk; laws ami antiquities •< hnSpelden, Sussex; antiquities and laws . William Haney,Kent; discovered the circulation of the Wood lUj A as