SAMUEL JOHNSON, L.L.D.

Engraved by W. T. Try from the original Picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds.

in the Possession of James Boswell Esq

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THE

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;

THE NINTH

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

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EDITION, REVISED AND AUGMENTED.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOLUME THE FIRST.

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