THE

WORKS

OF

SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.

A NEW EDITION,

IN TWELVE VOLUMES.

TO WHICH IS PREFIX ED,

AN ESSAY ON HIS LIFE AND GENIUS,

BY ARTHUR MURPHY, ESQ.

VOL. IX.

CONT AINING LIVES OF THE POETS, VOL. I.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR G. WALKER, J. AKERMAN, E. EDWARDS, J. HARWOOD, W, ROBINSON
AND SONS, LIVERPOOL ; E, THOMSON, MANCHESTER; J. NOBLE, HULL;
J. WILSON, BERWICK; W. WAYTE AND CO. EDINBURGH ; AND R. GRIFFIN
AND CO, GLASGOW.

J. Iładdon, Printer, Tabernacle Walk.

1820.