Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765

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BOSWELL'S - LIFE OF JOHNSON - \_INCLUDING BOSWELL'S JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES - AND JOHNSON'S DIARY OF A JOURNEY INTO NORTH WALES\_ - EDITED BY - GEORGE BIRKBECK HILL, D.C.L. - PEMBROKE COLLEGE, OXFORD - IN SIX VOLUMES - VOLUME I.—LIFE (1709-1765) - M DCCC LXXXVII - 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 VIEW OF LITERATURE AND LITERARY MEN IN GREAT-BRITAIN, FOR NEAR HALF A CENTURY, DURING WHICH HE FLOURISHED. - BY JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ.

HORAT. - THE THIRD EDITION, REVISED AND AUGMENTED, IN FOUR VOLUMES. - LONDON: PRINTED BY H. BALDWIN AND SON, FOR CHARLES DILLY, IN THE POULTRY.

M DCC XCIX. - TO - THE REVEREND BENJAMIN JOWETT, M.A., - MASTER OF BALLIOL COLLEGE - REGIUS PROFESSOR OF GREEK IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD - HONORARY LL.D. OF THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH - HONORARY D.D. OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LEYDEN - WHO IS NOT ONLY - 'AN ACUTE AND KNOWING CRITIC' - BUT ALSO - 'JOHNSONIANISSIMUS' - IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT - OF THE - KINDLY INTEREST THAT HE HAS THROUGHOUT TAKEN - IN THE PROGRESS OF THIS WORK

CONTENTS OF VOL. I. - PAGE - DEDICATION TO SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS............... 1 - ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION.............. 5 - ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION.............. 10 - ADVERTISEMENT TO THE THIRD EDITION.............. 14 - CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE OF THE PROSE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D..................... 16 - LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON (SEPT. 18, 1709-OCTOBER 1765).... 1-500 - APPENDICES - A. JOHNSON'S DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT............. 501 - B. JOHNSON'S LETTERS TO HIS MOTHER AND MISS PORTER IN 1759........................ 512 - C. JOHNSON AT CAMBRIDGE.................. 517 - D. JOHNSON'S LETTER TO DR. LELAND............. 518 - E. JOHNSON'S 'ENGAGING IN POLITICKS WITH H——N'...... 518 - F. JOHNSON'S FIRST ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE THRALES AND HIS SERIOUS ILLNESS................. 520

PREFACE.

DEDICATION. - TO SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS. - MY DEAR SIR,

ADVERTISEMENT - TO THE - FIRST EDITION.

ADVERTISMENT - TO THE - SECOND EDITION.

ADVERTISEMENT - TO THE - THIRD EDITION.