THE L I F E 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 W LE EXHIBITING A VIEW OF LITERATURE AND LITERARY DURING WHICH HE FLOURISHED. BY JAMES BOSWELL, Esq. Quò fit ut OMNIS HORAT. THE NINTH EDITION, REVISED AND AUGMENTED. IN FOUR VOLUMES. VOLUME THE FIRST. LONDON: PRINTED FOR T. CADELL; F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON ;' LONGMAN, HURST, RER, ORME, AND BROWN ; BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY ; HATCHARD AND SON ; |