Samuel Johnson & the journey into words

1. Journeys into words

2. Writing the Dictionary: departures and destinations

3.`Excursions into books': documenting the new world of words

4. The ordered state: power, authority, and the written word

5. Meaning, governance, and the `colours of words'

6. Defending the citadel, patrolling the borders

7. History and the flux of time

8. The praise of perfection.