THE LIFE

OF

SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL. D.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY THOMAS DAVISON, WHITEFRIARS.

THE LIFE

OF

SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.

INCLUDING

A JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES.

BY

JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ.

A NEW EDITION.

WITH
NUMEROUS ADDITIONS AND NOTES,

BY

JOHN WILSON CROKER, LL. D. F.R.S.

- Quò fit ut OMNIS
Votivâ pateat veluti descripta tabella
VITA SENIS-

HORAT. 1 Sat. lib. ii.

IN FIVE VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET.

MDCCCXXXI.