THE

LIVES

OF THE MOST EMINENT

ENGLISH POETS:

WITH

CRITICAL OBSERVATIONS

ON THEIR

WORKS.

BY SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.

A NEW EDITION, CORRECTED ANd revised.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR G. WalkeR, J. AKERMAN, E. EDWARDS; G. AND J.
ROBINSON, LIVERPOOL; E. THOMSON, MANCHESTER ; J. NOBLE,
HULL; J. WILSON, BERWICK; W. WHYTE AND CO. EdinburgH;
AND R. GRIFFIN AND CO. GLASGOW.

1821.

London printed by Thomas Davison, Lombard-street, Whitefriars.

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