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TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME I
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Prayers and Meditations, composed by Samuel Johnson, LL.D. . . | 1 |
Annals: An Account of the Life of Dr. Samuel Johnson, from his Birth to his Eleventh Year, written by himself . . . . . . | 125 |
Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D., during the Last Twenty Years of his Life, by Hesther Lynch Piozzi . . . . . | 141 |
An Essay on the Life and Genius of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., by Arthur Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . . | 353 |
VOLUME II | |
Apophthegms, &c., from Hawkins’s Edition of Johnson’s Works . . | 1 |
Extracts from James Boswell’s Letters to Edmond Malone . . . | 21 |
Anecdotes from the Rev. Dr. Thomas Campbell’s Diary of a Visit to England in 1775 . . . . . . . . . . . | 39 |
Anecdotes from Pennington’s Memoirs of Mrs. Carter . . . . | 58 |
Anecdotes from Joseph Cradock’s Memoirs . . . . . . | 61 |
Anecdotes from Richard Cumberland’s Memoirs . . . . . | 72 |
Extracts from Sir John Hawkins’s Life of Johnson . . . . | 79 |
Anecdotes from Miss Hawkins’s Memoirs . . . . . . | 139 |
Narrative by John Hoole of Johnson’s end . . . . . . | 145 |
Anecdotes from the Life of Johnson published by Kearsley . . . | 161 |
Anecdotes by Lady Knight . . . . . . . . . | 171 |
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Anecdotes by Bishop Percy . . . . . . . . . | 208 |
Sir Joshua Reynolds on Johnson’s Character . . . . . | 219 |
Sir Joshua Reynolds on Johnson’s Influence . . . . . . | 229 |