Samuel Johnson's 1755 dictionary defined lunch as "as much food as a hand can hold," and it could have started as hunks of bread carried out to the fields by farmhands and eaten in the early ...

Along with the writings of Shakespeare, the printing press made possible the King James Bible in 1611, and eventually Samuel Johnson’s “A Dictionary of the English Language” in 1755.

Samuel Johnson quoted Shakespeare’s work thousands of times in his English dictionary, published in 1755. He noted Shakespeare coined or introduced thousands of words and phrases into the ...

The inheritor of the name Saracen Head is a pub with its own stories, known for lively Celtic match days or a pint after a day at The Barras. The original tavern on Gallowgate played an intriguing ...

Henri Frédéric Amiel. The prodigious poet, essayist, lexicographer, critic, philosopher and wit, Dr. Samuel Johnson left us a treasure trove of quips and clever remarks that have passed into the ...

However, as the 18th-century writer Samuel Johnson put it in a review in 1757: "The only end of writing is to enable the reader"—or, perhaps, the author—"better to enjoy life, or better to ...

Larch Maxey, Chris Bennett, Samuel Johnson and Joe Howlett, who were jailed after occupying tunnels dug under the road leading to the Navigator Oil Terminal in Thurrock, Essex, also had their ...

Larch Maxey, Chris Bennett, Samuel Johnson and Joe Howlett were jailed for between three years and 15 months after occupying tunnels dug under the road leading to the Navigator Oil Terminal in ...

Team minority owner and Basketball Hall of Famer Magic Johnson knows a thing or two about valuable teammates, and he has made his feelings known about the trade. "I'm so happy to hear that we have ...