THE

LIFE

OF

SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL. D.

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 MANI EMINENT PERSONS ;

AND
VARIOUS ORIGINAL PIECES OF HIS COMPOSITION,

NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED:

THE WHOLE EXHIBITING A VIEW OB LITERATURE AND LITERA.
RY MEN IN GREAT BRITAIN, FOR NEAR HALF A CENTURY

DURING WHICH HE FLOURISHED.

BY JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ.

Quo fit ut omnis
Votiva pateat veluti descripta tabella
Vita senis-

Horat.

A NEW EDITION.

COPIOUS NOTES AND BIOGRAPHICAL ILLUSTRATIONS,

BY MALONE.
IN FIVE VOLUMES.

VOL. III.

BOSTON :
PUBLISHED BY CRARLES EWER AND TIMOTHY BEDLINGTON.

......

1824.