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THE

LIFE

OF

SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.

BY

JAMES BOSWELL, Esq.

C. Baldwia, Printer, New Bridou-atrapt. London, THE

L I F E

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.

BY JAMES BOSWELL, Esq.

-Quò fit ut OMNIS
Votiva pateat veluti descripta tabella
Vita SENIS

HORAT.

THE NINTH EDITION, REVISED AND AUGMENTED.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOLUME THE SECOND.

LONDON:

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.