THE

LIFE

OF

SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL. D.

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THE

LIFE

OF

SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.

COMPREHENDING

AN ACCOUNT OF HIS STUDIES,
AND NUMEROUS WORKS,

IN CHRONOLOGICAL 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 LITERARY
MEN IN GREAT BRITAIN, FOR NEAR HALF A CENTURY
DURING WHICH HE FLOURISHED.

PRINTED FOR J. RICHARDSON AND CO.; G. OFFOR; J. SHARPE AND
SON; ROBINSONS AND CO.; G. WALKER; J. EVANS AND SONS;
R. DOBSON; J. JONES; AND J. JOHNSON: ALSO, J. CARFRAE, AND
J. SUTHERLAND, EDINBURGH; AND R. GRIFFIN AND CO. GLASGOW.