Dictionary Johnson
Samuel Johnson. A Dictionary of the English Language. London: Millar, 1765. Fragment with manuscript annotations. MS Hyde 51 (13) |
Even the greatest of works may sometimes come to an inglorious end. Boswell's note on this scrap of the Dictionary records that "Matthew Henderson found this in a Littlehouse [i.e., a privy] at Edinburgh & twitted me with my Great Friend's Work being Wastepaper." |