SAMUEL JOHNSON, L.L.D.

Engraved by W. T. Fry from the original Picture, by Sir Joshua Reynolds.

in the Possession of James Baswell Esq?

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 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, REES,
ORME, AND BROWN; BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY; HATCHARD AND SON;
OGLE AND CO.; G. AND W. B. WHITTAKER; SIMPKIN AND MARSHALL;
J. COLLINGWOOD; AND R. SAUNDERS.

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