THE

WORKS

OF

Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

IN ELEVEN VOLUMES.

VOL. IX.

LONDON:

Printed for J. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Sons, L. Davis,
B. White and Son, T. Longman, B. Law, J. Dodsley, H. Baldwin, J. Robfon,
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and R. Jamefon.

MDCCLXXXVII.

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50 On lying

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20

53 MISARGYRUS's account of his companions in the Fleet 26

58 Presumption of modern criticism cenfured. Ancient

poetry necessarily obfcure. Examples from Horace

32

62 MISARGYRUS's account of his companions concluded

69 Idle hope,

39

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84 Folly of falfe pretences to importance. A journey in

a stage-coach

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54

85 Study, composition, and converse, equally necessary to

intellectual accomplishment

92 Criticism on the Pastorals of Virgil

95 Apology for apparent plagiarifm. Sources of literary

variety

99 Projectors injudiciously censured and applauded

102 Infelicities of retirement to men of business

89

107 Different opinions equally plausible

97

108 The uncertainty of human things

111 The pleasures and advantages of industry

115 The itch of writing universal

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Preface to Shakespeare, published in the year 1768

General Obfervations on the Plays of Shakespeare

239

303

An Account of the Harleian Library

337

An Effay on the Origin and Importance of Small Tracts

and Fugitive Pieces

350

Some Account of a Book called The Life of Benvenuto

Cellini

360

A View of the Controversy between Monf. Croufaz and

Mr. Warburton, on the Subject of Mr. Pope's Eflay

on Man

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Preliminary Difcourse to the London Chronicle, January 1,