THE

LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.

COMPREHENDING

AN ACCOUNT OF HIS
STUDIES AND NUMEROUS WORKS,

IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER;

A SERIES OF HIS

EPISTOLARY CORRESPONDENCE AND CONVERSATIONS

WITH MANY EMINENT PERSONS ;

AND VARIOUS

ORIGINAL PIECES OF HIS COMPOSITION.

THE WHOLE EXHIBITING

A @iew of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain,

FOR NEAR HALF A CENTURY DURING WHICH HE FLOURISHED.

WITH COPIOUS NOTES AND BIOGRAPHICAL ILLUSTRATIONS,

BY EDMOND MALONE, ESQ.