1779 ⟶ Publication of Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets by Samuel Johnson

1782: Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets by Samuel John...
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📚 Samuel Johnson Publishes His English Dictionary

A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson⟶
Samuel Johnson Publishes His English Dictionary (1755)
LiteratureDictionariesEnglish LanguageLiterary CriticismStandardizationEnlightenment
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📖 Publication of *Tristram Shandy*

1767: Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne⟶
Publication of *Tristram Shandy* (1759)
LiteratureNovelSatireEnglish LiteratureEnlightenmentFiction
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✍️ Publication of Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets by Samuel Johnson

1782: Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets by Samuel Johnson⟶
Publication of Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets by Samuel Johnson (1779)
LiteraturePoetryBiographyEnlightenmentEnglish Literature
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📜 Publication of Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect

Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect by Robert Burns⟶
Publication of Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (1786)
LiteraturePoetryEnlightenmentNational IdentityCultural ImpactRomanticism
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✍️ Publication of William Blake's *Songs of Innocence*

Songs of Innocence by William Blake⟶
Publication of William Blake's *Songs of Innocence* (1789)
PoetryLiteratureRomanticismArtEnlightenmentSymbolismSocial Commentary
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✍️ Publication of Lyrical Ballads

Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge⟶
Publication of Lyrical Ballads (1798)
RomanticismPoetryLiteratureEnglish Literature
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