. . . yet it may gratify curiosity to inform it, that the English Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great; not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academick bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow. –Preface to A Dictionary of the English Language, Samuel Johnson According to the passage, what distinguishes Johnson’s dictionary from others? It was the first dictionary to be produced by a group of scholars at a university. It was written almost single-handedly, with little financial or scholarly support. It was written by an author who was both curious and learned. It was the first dictionary to include definitions of simple, everyday words.

hello! i am thinking the answer is d. to convince parliament to go to war against nazi germany

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21 balloons is the story of professor william sherman's travels.

in 1883, he set off from san francisco for a balloon ride over the pacific and was found a month later floating with 21 balloons in the atlantic ocean. this seemed an astounding feat and everyone wanted to know what had happened.    

professor sherman was loyal, however, and said he would tell his tale first to the western american explorers club in san francisco, of which he was a member. this built up suspense for several chapters before he began to tell of the wonders of his adventures and the amazing island of krakatoa, an island which had just been blown up by a volcano.  

the residents of krakatoa are all millionaires who live under a "gourmet government" of their own devising. we get to see all the incredible adventures that creative people with unlimited resources would create according to the author.

question: select the word from the list that best fits the definition tables and charts comparing the government from five different states.

answer: appendix

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