THE LIFE

SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.

Including a Journal of his Tour to the Hebrides.

BY JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ.

NEW EDITION, WITH NUMEROUS ADDITIONS AND NOTES

BY

THE RT. HON. JOHN WILSON CROKER, M.P.

AND COPIOUS NOTES

SY HAWKINS, PIOZZI, MURPHY, TYERS, REYNOLDS, MALONE, NICHOLS, STEEVIDIS
CUMBERLAND, SCOTT, MARKLAND, BURNEY, BLAKEWAY, CHALMERS,
PORTER, LANGTON, AND OTHERS.

COMPLETE IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

PHILADELPHIA:

CLAXTON, REMSEN, & HAFFELFINGER,

624, 626 & 628 MARKET STREET.

CONTENTS OF VOL. IL

CHAPTER I.

1769.

treneral Faoli-Observance of Sunday-Rousseau and Monboddo - Love of Singularity-on

do Life-Artemisias-Second Marriages-Scotch Gardening-Vails-Prior-Garrick's

Puetry-History-Whitfield-The Corsicans-Good Breeding-Fate and Free-will-Gold-

smith's Ta.lor-The Dunciad-Dryden-Congreve-Sheridan-Mrs. Montagu's Essay-Lord

Kames-Burke-Ballad of Hardyknute--Fear of Death-Sympathy with Distress-Foote-

Buchanan-Baretti's Trial-Mandeville,

CHAPTER II.

1769-1770.

"Making Fools of one's Visiters "-Trade-Mrs. Williams's Tea-table-James Ferguson—

Medicated Baths-" Coddling" Children-Population of Russia-Large Farms—Attach-

ment to soil-Roman Catholic Religion-Conversion to Popery-Fear of Death-Steevens-

"Tom Tyers "-Blackmore's "Creation "-The Marriage Service-" The False Alarm "--

Percival Stockdale-Self-examination-Visit to Lichfield-and Ashbourne-Baretti's Travels

-Letters to Mrs. Thrale-Warton, &c.,

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CHAPTER III

1770.

Dr. Maxwell's Collectanea-Johnson's Politics, and general Mode of Life-Opulent Trades-

men-London-Black-letter Books-"Anatomy of Melancholy."-Government of Ireland

-Love-Jacob Behmen-Established Clergy-Dr. Priestley-Blank Verse-French Novels

-Pere Boscovich-Lord Lyttelton's Dialogues-Ossian - Woodhouse, the Poetical Cub-

bler-Boetius-National Debt-Mallet-Marriage-Foppery-Gilbert-Cooper-Homer-

Gregory Sharpe-Poo of England-Corn Laws-Dr. Browne-Mr. Burke-Economy-For-

tune-hunters-Orchards-Irish Clergy,