THE

LIFE

OF

SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL. D.

BY

JAMES BOSWELL, Esq.

C&R. Baldwin, Printers, New-Bridge-Street, London.

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 AND W. DAVIES, IN THE STRAND.

M DCCC VII.