Seven years, my lord, have now passed, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door."-JOHNSON'S Letter to Lord Chesterfield, p. 145. OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. COMPREHENDING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS STUDIES AND NUMEROUS WORKS, A SERIES OF HIS EPISTOLARY CORRESPONDENCE AND CONVERSATIONS WITH MANY EMINENT PERSONS; AND VARIOUS ORIGINAL PIECES OF HIS COMPOSITION, NEVER THE WHOLE EXHIBITING A VIEW OF LITERATURE AND LITERARY MEN IN GREAT BRITAIN, FOR NEARLY HALF A CENTURY DURING WHICH HE FLOURISHED. BY JAMES BOSWELL, Esq. A NEW EDITION, ELUCIDATED BY COPIOUS NOTES, AND ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMerous portrAITS, VIEWS, AND CHARACTERISTIC DESIGNS, ENGRAVED FROM AUTHENTIC SOURCES. IN TWO VOLUMES.-VOL. I. LONDON: ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, AND ROUTLEDGE, BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL. NEW YORK: 129, GRAND STREET. |