SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.

Published

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THE

L I V E S

OF THE MOST EMINENT

ENGLISH POETS,

WITH

CRITICAL OBSERVATIONS

ON THEIR

WORK S.

By S A MUEL JOHNSO N.

A NEW EDITION, CORRECTED.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

i O N D.ON:

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

B. Law, J. Dodfley, H. Baldwin, J. Robson, C. Dilly, T. Cadell, J. Nichols,
J. Johnson, G. G. J. & J. Robinson, R. Baldwin, H. L. Gardner,
P. Elmsly, 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.

(SOLES

1 JUN, 1931

C ο Ν Τ Ε Ν Τ S

OF THE

FIRST VOLUME.

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DENHAM,
MILTON,
BUTLER,
ROCHESTER,
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OTWAY,
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DORSET,
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WALSH,