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Samuel Johnson

A writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge

About Me

1709: Born in Lichfield England (Sept. 18).1712: Touched for the evil by Queen Anne.1728-31: Attended Oxford and left without degree.1735: Got married.1737: Moved to London.1747: Started dictionary.1752: Wife died.1755: Published dictionary; started taking guitar lessons and writing folk songs.

My Interests

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Member Since: 3/24/2006
Band Members: Samuel Johnson LL.D.
Influences: Alexander Pope, Richard Savage, John Milton (despite his detestable politics), Juvenal, Virgil
Sounds Like: MELANCHO'LY. n. 1. A disease, supposed to proceed from a redundance of black bile. 2. A kind of madness, in which the mind is always fixed on one object. 3. A gloomy, pensive, discontented temper.
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