Comments on: Lichfield historic coin competition to celebrate Samuel Johnson’s birthday http://thelichfieldblog.co.uk/2009/06/18/lichfield-historic-coin-competition-to-celebrate-samuel-johnsons-birthday/ Putting the cathedral city in focus since 2009. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:49:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Lawrence Chard http://thelichfieldblog.co.uk/2009/06/18/lichfield-historic-coin-competition-to-celebrate-samuel-johnsons-birthday/comment-page-1/#comment-3650 Lawrence Chard Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:29:43 +0000 http://thelichfieldblog.co.uk/?p=2926#comment-3650 We believe Samuel Johnson would have wanted to spend it on an English dictionary. Obviously, he could not do so as none yet existed, so he had to write his own. Looking at the descriptions on eBay of historic coins, Johnson's Dictionary should be possibly be judged as a failure, although this would be a somewhat harsh and unfair criticism if it were not intended to be humourous. We believe Samuel Johnson would have wanted to spend it on an English dictionary. Obviously, he could not do so as none yet existed, so he had to write his own. Looking at the descriptions on eBay of historic coins, Johnson’s Dictionary should be possibly be judged as a failure, although this would be a somewhat harsh and unfair criticism if it were not intended to be humourous.

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