THE

LIFE

OF

SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL. D.

PUBLIC

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 Wiew of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain

FOR NEAR HALF A CENTURY DURING WHICH HE FLOURISHED.

PRINTED FOR J. RICHARDSON AND CO.; G. OFFOR; THOMAS, TEGG;
W. SHARPE AND SON; G. WALKER; R. DOBSON;

ROBINSON AND CO.; J. EVANS AND SONS; J. JONES; AND J. JOHNSON:
ALSO, J. CARFRAE, AND J. SUTHERLAND, EDINBURGH;

AND R. GRIFFIN AND CO. GLASGOW.

1823.