On smoking and Samuel Johnson.
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Samuel Johnson (circa 1769)
Samuel Johnson was a poet, critic, lexicographer, and the author of the famous Dictionary, which he began in 1747. In 1755, Johnson's Dictionary appeared in two large folio volumes. It represented about 9 years of work and was written almost single handedly. Johnson had only the assistance of a few amanuenses to copy out the quotations he marked. Johnson originally approached Lord Chesterfield ...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 1979
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.69.10.1067