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SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.
A NEW EDITION,
WITH
CAMBRILG., MASS.
AN ESSAY
ON HIS LIFE AND GENIUS,
LY
ARTHUR MURPHY, Esq.
VOL. 11.
LONDON:
PUBLISHED BY JONES & COMPANY,
3, ACTON PLACE, KINGSLAND ROAD.
London
The vanity of Human Wishes.
Prologue spoken by Mr. Garrick, at the
opening the Theatre Royal, Drury
Lane
CONTENTS
Irene; a Tragedy.
Prologue to the "Masque of Comus"
Prologue to the Comedy of "The Good.
natured Man."
OF VOL. II.
·
Prologue to the Comedy of " A Word to
the Wise"
Spring
Stella in Mourning
To Stella.
PAGE.
1 To Miss Hickman, playing on the Spin-
net
Paraphrase of Proverbs chap vi. verses 6,
7, 8, 9, 10, 11.
Horace, Lib. iv. Ode vii. translated
Anacreon, ode ix.
Lines written in ridicule of certain Poems
Published in 1777.
Parody of a Translation from the Medea
of Euripides.
.
•
Translation of the two first Stanzas of the
Song" Rio Verde, Rio Verde.
Imitation of the style of **** .
Burlesque of some Lines of Lopez de Vega
Translation of some Lines at the end of
Baretti's Easy Phraseology
ib.
Improviso Translation of a Distich on the
Duke of Modena's running away from
the Comet in 1742 or 1743
The Winter's Walk
To Miss ****, on her giving the Author a
Gold and Silk Network Purse of her
own weaving.
To Miss ****, on her playing upon the
Harpsichord in a Room hung with
Flower-pieces of her own painting
Evening an Ode. To Stella
To the same
To a Friend
Verses written at the request of a Gentle-
man to whom a Lady had given a Sprig
of Myrtle
To Lady Firebrace, at Bury Assizes
To Lyce, an elderly Lady
On the Death of Mr. Robert Levet
Epitaph on Claude Phillips
Epitaphium in Thomam Hanmer, Baro-
nettum
47
51
55
56
80
81
82
83
Paraphrase of the above, Bv Dr. Johnson. ib.
Thirty-fifth year
84 Impromptu Translation of an Air in the
Clemenza de Tito of Metastasio.
Improviso Translation of some Lines of
Mons. Benserade à son Lit
Epitaph for Mr. Hogarth
Translation of some Lines written un-
der a Print representing Persons Skait-
ing
Translation of a Speech of Aquileio in the
Adriano of Metastasio.
87
88
89
Poemata
91
105
ib. Friendship. An Ode
85 Translation from the Medea of Euripides. ib.
LIVES OF EMINENT PERSONS.
86
Father Paul Sarpi
Boerhaave.
Blake
90
109
111
120
LETTERS, selected from the Collection of MRS.
Piozzi and others.
PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS,
with Preface by the Rev. George
Strahan, D. D.
PHILOLOGICAL TRACTS, &c.
The Plan of an English Dictionary
Preface to the English Dictionary
Advertisement to the Fourth Edition of the
Voyage to Abyssinia
An Essay on Epitaphs
PAGE
. 126
151
English Dictionary.
Preface to the Octavo Edition of the Eng-
309
lish Dictionary
Miscellaneous Observations on the Tragedy
of Macbeth, with Remarks on Sir T.
Hanmer's Edition of Shakspeare
Proposals for Printing the Dramatic Works
of William Shakspeare
Preface to Shakspeare
General Observations on the Plays of
154
157
159
163
166 Testimonies concerning Mr. Lauder
172
185
190
201
Shakspeare
An Account of the Harleian Library
Preface to the Catalogue of the Harleian
Library
357
An Essay on the Origin and Importance of
Small Tracts and Fugitive Pieces,
written for the Introduction of the
Harleian Miscellany
A view of the Controversy between Mons.
Crousaz and Mr. Warburton on the
subject of Mr. Pope's Essay on Man 361
Preliminary Discourse to the London
211
242
245
363
Chronicle
Introduction to the "World Displayed" . 364
Preface to the "Preceptor: containing a
General Plan of Education"
Rolt's Dictionary.
289
297
308
345
353
358
Preface to "An Essay on Milton's use and
imitation of the Moderns in his Para-
dise Lost"
Letter to the Rev. Mr. Douglas, occasioned
by his Vindication of Milton, &c. By
William Lauder, A. M.
372 378
381 382
323
326 DEDICATIONS.
An Account of an Attempt to ascertain the
Longitude..
land.
On Pulpit Censure
Proposals for Printing by Subscription "Essays in Verse and Prose, by Anna Williams"
A complete Vindication of the Licensers
of the Stage from the malicious and
scandalous Aspersions of Mr. Brooke 409
Preface to the Gentleman's Magazine,
1738
An Appeal to the Public. From the Gen-
tleman's Magazine, March, 1739
Considerations on the Case of Dr. T[rapp]'s
Sermons abridged by Mr. Cave
Letter on Fire-works
421
A Project for the Employment of Authors ib.
Preface to the Literary Magazine, 1756
424
A Dissertation upon the Greek Comedy,
translated from Brumoy
General Conclusion to Brumoy's Greek
Theatre
385
387
391
395
399
REVIEWS AND CRITICISMS.
415
Preface to Payne's New Tables of Interest 456
Thoughts on the Coronation of his present
Majesty King George the Third
Preface to the Artists' Catalogue for 1762
416
450-456
418 420
OPINIONS ON QUESTIONS OF LAW.
On School Chastisement
On Vicious intromission
On Lay-Patronage in the Church of Scot-
426
443 ✓
Marlborough
Memoirs of the Court of Augustus, by Thomas Blackwell, J. U. D. .
457 461
462 463
Du Halde's History of China
469
Account of the Conduct of the Dutchess of
465
467