F

COMPREHENDING

ACCOUNT OF HIS STUDIES

AND NUMEROUS WORKS,

CHRONOLOGICAL

AND

A SERIES OF HIS EPISTOLARY CORRESPONDENCE
AND CONVERSATIONS WITH MANY EMINENT PERSONS;

VARIOUS ORIGINAL PIECES OF HIS COMPOSITION,

NEVER BEFORE

PUBLISHED.

IN TWO

ORDER;

THE WHOLE EXHIBITING A VIEW OF LITERATURE AND LITERARY MEN
IN GREAT-BRITAIN, FOR NEAR HALF A CENTURY,
DURING WHICH HE FLOURISHED.

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VOLUME S.

JAMES BOSWELL,

Quò fit ut OMNIS

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VITA SENIS.-

HORAT.

VOLUME THE FIRST.

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LONDON:

PRINTED BY HENRY BALDWIN,

FOR CHARLES DILLY, IN THE POULTRY.

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