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.

PUBLIC LIBRARY

471621

ASTOR. LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATION

R 1822 L

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

CONTENTS

OF THE

FIRST VOLUME.

.

183

· 210

Page

COWLEY .............. 1

DENHAM .............. 71

MILTON . .. ..

BUTLER . .. ..

ROCHESTER ..

· · · · · · 201

ROSCOMMON ..

OTWAY .. . ...

· 222

WALLER ..i..

228

POMFRET ..

. . . . . . . . 284

DORSET ..

286

STEPNEY ....

J. PHILIPS ..

WALSH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312

DRYDEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

.