THE

L I F E

OF

SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL. D.
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AN ACCOUNT OF HIS STUDIES,

COMPREHENDING

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.

FIRST AMERICAN FROM THE FIFTH LONDON EDITION.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

BOSTON:

PUBLISHED BY W. ANDREWS AND L. BLAKE.

GREENOUGH AND STEBBINS PRINTERS,

1807.
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