A Dictionary of the English Language

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Change is not made without inconvenience, even from worse to better.

Samuel Johnson

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Topic

Change Progress

Author

Samuel Johnson

Source

A Dictionary of the English Language

Language

English

Time

1755 1750s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Original Citation

Hooker, Richard. Quoted in A Dictionary of the English Language, by Samuel Johnson. London: J & P Knapton, 1755, preface.

Current Citation

Hooker, Richard. Quoted in A Dictionary of the English Language: An Anthology, by Samuel Johnson. Penguin Classics, 2007, preface.