LIFE

OF

SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL. D.

COMPREHENDING

AN ACCOUNT OF HIS STUDIES,

AND NUMEROUS WORKS,

IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER;

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AND CONVERSATIONS WITH MANY EMINENT PERSONS ;

AND

Various Original Pieces of his Composition,

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WHICH HE FLOURISHED.

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Quo fit ut omnis
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Vita senis

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