THE

WORKS

OF

Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

A NEW EDITION,

IN TWELVE VOLUMES.

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WITH

AN ESSAY ON HIS LIFE AND GENIUS,

BY ARTHUR MURPHY, Esq.

VOLUME THE TWELFTH.

LONDON:

Printed by A. Straban, Printers Street,

For H. Baldwin, J. Johnson, G. G. and J. Robinson, P. Elmay,
J. Nichols, R. Baldwin, H. L. Gardner, F. and C. Rivington,
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Leigh and Sotheby's, R. Faulder, G. and W. Nicol, T. Payne,
W. Lowndes, G. Wilkie, C. Davis, J. Matthews, T. Egerton,
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B. C. Collins, E. Newbery, Vernor and Hood, R. Lea, J. Deighton,
Darton and Harvey, J. Nunn, Lackington Allen and Co. J. Stockdale,
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1801.

LETTERS, selected from the Collection of Mrs. Piozzi,

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CONTENTS.

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PRAYERS composed by Dr: JOHNSON.

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Prayer on his Birth-day, September 1, 1738

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on the Death of his Wife, reposited among her Me-

morials, May 8, 1752

May 6, 1752

March 28, 1754

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on the Day on which his Mother died, January 23,

442

443

444

ibid.

on leaving Mr. Thrale's Family, October 6, 1782 ibid.

previous to his receiving the Sacrament of the Lord's

Supper, December 5, 1784

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LIVES

LIVES

OF SUNDRY

EMINENT PERSONS.

VOL. XII.

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