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Lexiphanes, a dialogue : Imitated from Lucian, and suited to the present times. Being an attempt to restore the English tongue to its ancient purity, And to correct, as well as expose, the affected Style, hard Words, and absurd Phraseology of many late Writers, and particularly of Our English Lexiphanes, the Rambler.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Campbell, Archibald, 1726?-1780.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784. Dictionary of the English language.
- Johnson, Samuel.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxxix,[1],185,[3]p. )
- Edition:
- The fourth edition, corrected.
- Other Title:
- Lexiphanes, a dialogue.
- Place of Publication:
- Dublin : printed for J. Williams, No. 5, Skinner-Row, 1774.
- Notes:
- Anonymous. By Archibald Campbell.
- An attack on writers, directed especially against Samuel Johnson.
- With a final advertisement leaf.
- Reproduction of original from British Library.
- Cited in:
- Alston, III.280
- English Short Title Catalog, T96017.
- OCLC:
- 642758035
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