THE

LIFE

OF

SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL. D.

THE

LIFE

OF

SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL. D.

COMPREHENDING

AN ACCOUNT OF HIS STUDIES,

AND NUMEROUS WORKS,

IN CRONOLOGICAL ORDER;

A SERIES OF HIS EPISTOLARY CORRESPONDENCE

AND CONVERSATIONS WITH MANY EMINENT PERSONS;

AND

VARIOUS ORIGINAL PIECES OF HIS COMPOSITION,

NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED:

THE WHOLE EXHIBITING A VIEW OF LITERATURE AND LITER-
ARY MEN IN GREAT BRITAIN, FOR NEAR HALE A
CENTURY DURING WHICH HE FLOURISHED.

BY JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ.

Quo fit ut omnis

Votiva pateat veluti descripta tabella
Vita senis
Horat.

A NEW EDITION.

COPIOUS NOTES AND BIOGRAPHICAL ILLUSTRATIONS,

BY MALONE.

IN FIVE VOLUMES.

VOL. IV.

BOSTON:

PUBLISHED BY CHARLES EWER AND TIMOTHY BEDLINGTON.

1824.