Boswell's Life of Johnson (1904)/Volume 1
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JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ.,
Of Auchinleck.
After the painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Boswell's
Life of Johnson
INCLUDING BOSWELL'S JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES
AND JOHNSON'S DIARY OF A JOURNEY INTO NORTH WALES
EDITED BY
GEORGE BIRKBECK HILL, D.C.L.
PEMBROKE COLLEGE, OXFORD
IN SIX VOLUMES
VOLUME I.—LIFE (1709-1765)
BIGELOW, BROWN & CO., Inc.
NEW YORK
THE COLONIAL PRESS
C. H. SIMONDS CO., BOSTON, U.S.A.
[Title page to the Third Edition.]
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,
NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED:
THE WHOLE EXHIBITING A VIEW OF LITERATURE AND
LITERARY MEN IN GREAT-BRITAIN, FOR NEAR
HALF A CENTURY, DURING WHICH
HE FLOURISHED.
By JAMES BOSWELL, Esq.
Quò fit ut OMNIS
Votiva pateat veluti descripta tabella
Vita senis.
HORAT.
THE THIRD EDITION, REVISED AND AUGMENTED,
IN FOUR VOLUMES.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY H. BALDWIN AND SON,
FOR CHARLES DILLY, IN THE POULTRY.
MDCCXCIX.
TO
THE REVEREND BENJAMIN JOWETT, M.A.
MASTER OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
REGIUS PROFESSOR OF GREEK IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
HONORARY LL.D. OF THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
HONORARY D.D. OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LEYDEN
WHO IS NOT ONLY
'AN ACUTE AND KNOWING CRITIC'
BUT ALSO
'JOHNSONIANISSIMUS'
IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT
OF THE
KINDLY INTEREST THAT HE HAS THROUGHOUT TAKEN
IN THE PROGRESS OF THIS WORK
THIS EDITION
OF
BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON
Is Dedicaied
CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
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| 5 |
| 11 |
| 17 |
| 19 |
| 29–579 |
Appendices
| 581 |
| 594 |
| 599 |
| 600 |
| 601 |
| 603 |