THE

L I VES

OF THE MOST EMINENT

ENGLISH POETS,

WITH

CRITICAL OBSERVATIONS

ON THEIR

WORK S.

By SAMUEL JOHNSO N.

A NEW EDITION, CORRECTED

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

L O N D ON:

Printed for J. Rivington & Sons, L. Davis, B. White & Son, T. Longman,

B. Law, J. Dodney, H.Baldwin, J. Robson, C. Dilly, T. Cadell, J. Nichols,
J. Johnson, G. G. J. & J. Robinson, R. Baldwin, H. L. Gardner,
P. Elmfly, G. Nicol, Leigh & Sotheby, J. Bew, J. Murray, J. Sewell,
W. Goldsmith, T. Payne, W. Richardson, T. Vernor, W. Lowndes,
W. Bent, W.Otridge, T. & J. Egerton, S. Hayes, R. Faulder, J. Edwards,
G. & T. Wilkie, W. Nicol, Ogilvy & Speare, Scatcherd & Whitaker,
J. Evans, W.Fox, C.Stalker, and E. Newbery.

1790.

WAS.

Ο ο Ν Τ Ε Ν Τ S

OF THE

FIRST VOLUME.

COWLEY,

DENHAM,

MILTON,

BUTLER,

ROCHESTER,

Ros COMMON,

OTWAY,

WALLER,

POMFRET,

DORSET,

STEPNEY,

J. PHILIPS,

WALSH,

BRITISA

Misfit