ENGLISH POETS

BY SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.

EDITED BY

GEORGE BIRKBECK HILL, D.C.L.

SOMETIME HONORARY FELLOW OF PEMBROKE COLLEGE, OXFORD

WITH BRIEF MEMOIR OF DR. BIRKBECK HILL, BY HIS NEPHEW
HAROLD SPENCER SCOTT, M.A., NEW COLLEGE, OXFORD

HENRY FROWDE, M.Α.

PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

LONDON, EDINBURGH

NEW YORK AND TORONTO

J7
1905

CONTENTS OF VOLUME I VI

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LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

PREFATORY NOTE TO THE PRESENT EDITION

ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA

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BRIEF MEMOIR OF DR. BIRKBECK HILL, WITH BIBLIO-

Appendices Q to X, A*, B*