285;
bound and lettered, i. 283;
commencement, date of its, i. 182, n. 3;
composition, its, i. 186-9;
deficiency of previous, i. 187, n. 1;
definitions, erroneous, i. 293;
definitions, Johnson's genius shown in them, i. 293;
instances of erroneous, i. 293;
political and capricious, i. 294-6; iii. 343; iv. 87, n. 2, 217:
See under separate words;
dictionary-makers described, i. 189, n. 2;
dictionary-making not very unpleasant, i. 189, n. 2; ii. 202, n. 2,
203, n. 3;
'muddling work,' ib.;
Dodsley's suggestion, i. 182, 286; iii. 405;
drudgery, v. 418;
etymologies, i. 186, 292;
explanation, difficulty of, i. 294, n. 2;
edition, fourth, preparing, ii. 142,143, n. 3, 155;
sent to press, ii. 202, n. 2, 209;
published, ii. 203, 205;
mentioned, i. 293, n. 2, 294, n. 7, 295, n. 1, 375, n. 2;
iv. 4, n. 3, 87, n. 2;
Garrick's _Epigram_, i. 300;
Gifford's _Contemplation_ quoted, v. 117, n. 4;
Gough Square, compiled in, i. 188;
Harris,_Hermes_, praised by, iii. 115;
honours and praises, i. 298, 323;
Johnson's portrait, iv. 421, n. 2;
Johnson's praise of its execution, iii. 405;
Manning, the compositor, iv. 321;
outlines sketched, its, i. 176;
particles, changes of the, ii. 45, n. 3;
patrons and opponents, i. 288;
payments, i. 183, 287, 304;
_Plan_, dedicated to Lord Chesterfield, i. 183;
draft of it, i.
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