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.

Br JAMES BOSWELL, Esq.

THE THIRD EDITION, REVISED AND AUGMENTED,

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOLUME THE FIRST.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY H. BALDWIN AND SON,

FOR CHARLES DILLY, IN THE POULTRY.

MDCCXCIX.