THE

LIFE

OF

SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL. D.

BY

JAMES BOSWELL, Esq.

C. Baldwin, Printer,

New Bridre-street, London,

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 T. CADELL; F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON; LONGMAN, HURST, REES,
ORME, AND BROWN; RALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY; HATCHARD AND SON
OGLE AND CO.; G. AND W. B. WHITTAKER; SIMPKIN AND MARSHALL;
J. COLLINGWOOD; AND R. SAUNDERS.

ODLEIAN

12 JUN. 1931

IBRARY