Engroved by M.M.Bay from the supral-Bidare, by

Si Fishna Reynolds in the Refefsion of formes-Prunel! 6.sony"

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.

PRINTED FOR T. CADELL; F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON ; LONGMAN, HURST, REKS,

ORME, AND BROWN ; BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY ; HATCHARD AND SOX;
OGLE AND co.; G. AND W. B. WHITTXKER ; SIMPKIN AND MARSUALL;
J. COLLINGWOOD; AND R. SAUNDERS.

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