The Life of Samuel Johnson

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1. 01Full text
2. 02BOSWELL'S
3. 03LIFE OF JOHNSON
4. 04INCLUDING BOSWELL'S JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES
5. 05AND JOHNSON'S DIARY OF A JOURNEY INTO NORTH WALES
6. 06EDITED BY
7. 07GEORGE BIRKBECK HILL, D.C.L.
8. 08PEMBROKE COLLEGE, OXFORD
9. 09IN SIX VOLUMES
10. 10VOLUME I.--LIFE (1709-1765)
11. 11M DCCC LXXXVII
12. 12SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.
13. 13COMPREHENDING
14. 14AN ACCOUNT OF HIS STUDIES AND NUMEROUS WORKS, IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER;
15. 15A SERIES OF HIS EPISTOLARY CORRESPONDENCE AND CONVERSATIONS WITH MANY EMINENT PERSONS;
16. 16VARIOUS ORIGINAL PIECES OF HIS COMPOSITION, NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED:
17. 17BY JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ.
18. 18HORAT.
19. 19THE THIRD EDITION, REVISED AND AUGMENTED, IN FOUR VOLUMES.
20. 20LONDON: PRINTED BY H. BALDWIN AND SON, FOR CHARLES DILLY, IN THE POULTRY.
21. 21M DCC XCIX.
22. 22THE REVEREND BENJAMIN JOWETT, M.A.,
23. 23MASTER OF BALLIOL COLLEGE
24. 24REGIUS PROFESSOR OF GREEK IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
25. 25HONORARY LL.D. OF THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
26. 26HONORARY D.D. OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LEYDEN
27. 27WHO IS NOT ONLY
28. 28'AN ACUTE AND KNOWING CRITIC'
29. 29BUT ALSO
30. 30'JOHNSONIANISSIMUS'
31. 31IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT
32. 32OF THE
33. 33KINDLY INTEREST THAT HE HAS THROUGHOUT TAKEN
34. 34IN THE PROGRESS OF THIS WORK
35. 35BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON
36. 36CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
37. 37DEDICATION TO SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
38. 38ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
39. 39ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
40. 40ADVERTISEMENT TO THE THIRD EDITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
41. 41LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON (SEPT. 18, 1709-OCTOBER 1765) . . . . 1-500
42. 42APPENDICES
43. 43A. JOHNSON'S DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501
44. 44C. JOHNSON AT CAMBRIDGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517
45. 45D. JOHNSON'S LETTER TO DR. LELAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518
46. 46E. JOHNSON'S 'ENGAGING IN POLITICKS WITH H----N'. . . . . . 518
47. 47PREFACE.
48. 48G. B. H.
49. 49ERRATA.
50. 50DEDICATION.
51. 51TO SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.
52. 52MY DEAR SIR,
53. 53JAMES BOSWELL.
54. 54ADVERTISEMENT
55. 55TO THE
56. 56FIRST EDITION.
57. 57ADVERTISMENT
58. 58TO THE
59. 59SECOND EDITION.
60. 60ADVERTISEMENT
61. 61TO THE
62. 62THIRD EDITION.
63. 63EDMOND MALONE.
64. 64CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE
65. 65OF THE
66. 66PROSE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.
67. 67Preface. intern. evid.
68. 68Preface. intern. evid.
69. 69Preface. intern. evid.
70. 70Preface. intern. evid.
71. 71Preface, intern. evid.
72. 72Advertisement for Osborne concerning the Harleian Catalogue. intern. evid.
73. 73Preface to the Harleian Miscellany. acknowl.
74. 74Preface. intern. evid.
75. 75Preface. acknowl.
76. 76Preface and Postscript to Lauder's Pamphlet intitled, 'An Essay on Milton's Use and Imitation of the Moderns in his Paradise Lost.' acknowl.
77. 77Dedication to the Earl of Middlesex of Mrs. Charlotte Lennox's 'Female Quixotte.' intern. evid.
78. 78Dedication to the Earl of Rochford of, and Preface to, Mr. Payne's Introduction to the Game of Draughts, acknowl.
79. 79Advertisement for the Proprietors of the Idler against certain Persons who pirated those Papers as they came out singly in a Newspaper called the Universal Chronicle or Weekly Gazette. intern. evid.
80. 80Dedication of Baretti's Italian and English Dictionary to the Marquis of Abreu, then Envoy-Extraordinary from Spain at the Court of Great-Britain. intern. evid.
81. 81Preface to the Catalogue of the Artists' Exhibition. intern. evid.
82. 82Dedication to the Earl of Shaftesbury of the Edition of Roger Ascham's English Works, published by the Reverend Mr. Bennet. acknowl.
83. 83Dedication to the Queen of Mr. Hoole's Translation of Tasso. acknowl.
84. 84Dedication to the King of Mr. Adams's Treatise on the Globes. acknowl.
85. 85Preface to Macbean's 'Dictionary of Ancient Geography.' acknowl.
86. 86Preface to Baretti's Easy Lessons in Italian and English. intern. evid.
87. 87Dedication to the King of the Posthumous Works of Dr. Pearce, Bishop of Rochester. acknowl.
88. 88Advertisement for his Friend Mr. Thrale to the Worthy Electors of the Borough of Southwark. acknowl.
89. 89JAMES BOSWELL.
90. 90THE LIFE OF
91. 91SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.
92. 92MELIBOEUS.
93. 93TITYRUS.
94. 94MELIBOEUS.
95. 95THE YOUNG AUTHOUR.
96. 96TO MR. CAVE.
97. 97'SAM. JOHNSON.'
98. 98'DEAR SIR,
99. 99'G. WALMSLEY.'
100. 100'SAM. JOHNSON.'
101. 101LEONTIUS.
102. 102DEMETRIUS.
103. 103OLDHAM.
104. 104JOHNSON.
105. 105OLDHAM.
106. 106JOHNSON.
107. 107'SAM. JOHNSON.'
108. 108'SAM. JOHNSON.'
109. 109'SAM. JOHNSON.'
110. 110'TO MR. CAVE.
111. 111'SAM. JOHNSON.'
112. 112'GOWER.
113. 113'SAM. JOHNSON.'
114. 114'SAM. JOHNSON.
115. 115'ELISÆ CARTERÆ. S. P. D. THOMAS BIRCH.
116. 116'DEAR SIR,
117. 117'SAM. JOHNSON.
118. 118'SAM. JOHNSON.'
119. 119'SAM. JOHNSON.
120. 120'MR. URBAN,
121. 121'DEAR SIR,
122. 122SAM. JOHNSON.'
123. 123'DEAR SIR,
124. 124'SAM. JOHNSON.'
125. 125'SAM. JOHNSON.'
126. 126'SAM. JOHNSON.'
127. 127'TO THE REVEREND DR. JOSEPH WARTON.
128. 128'DEAR SIR,
129. 129'SAM. JOHNSON.'
130. 130'TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD.
131. 131'MY LORD,
132. 132'SAM. JOHNSON.'
133. 133'SAM. JOHNSON.'
134. 134'DEAR SIR,
135. 135'SAM. JOHNSON.'
136. 136'DEAR SIR,
137. 137'SAM. JOHNSON.'
138. 138'DEAR SIR,
139. 139'SAM. JOHNSON.'
140. 140'TO THE REVEREND MR. THOMAS WARTON.
141. 141'DEAR SIR,
142. 142'SAM. JOHNSON.'
143. 143TO THE SAME.
144. 144'DEAR SIR,
145. 145'SAM. JOHNSON.'
146. 146'DEAR SIR,
147. 147'SAM. JOHNSON.'
148. 148'DEAR SIR,
149. 149'SAM. JOHNSON.'
150. 150'MR. VICE-CHANCELLOR, AND GENTLEMEN,
151. 151'ARRAN.'
152. 152'DIPLOMA MAGISTRI JOHNSON.
153. 153'DOM. DOCTORI HUDDESFORD, OXONIENSIS ACADEMIÆ VICE-CANCELLARIO.
154. 154'S. JOHNSON.'
155. 155'DEAR SIR,
156. 156'SAM. JOHNSON.'
157. 157'DEAR SIR,
158. 158'SAM. JOHNSON.'
159. 159'SAM. JOHNSON.'
160. 160'THO. BIRCH.'
161. 161'SAM. JOHNSON.'
162. 162'SAM. JOHNSON.'
163. 163'DEAR SIR,
164. 164'SAM. JOHNSON.'
165. 165'DEAR SIR,
166. 166'SAM. JOHNSON.'
167. 167TO THE SAME.
168. 168'DEAR SIR,
169. 169'SAM. JOHNSON.'
170. 170'DEAR SIR,
171. 171'SAM. JOHNSON.'
172. 172'DEAR SIR,
173. 173'SAM. JOHNSON.'
174. 174'SAM. JOHNSON.'
175. 175'DEAREST SIR,
176. 176'SAM. JOHNSON.'
177. 177'TO MR. BURNEY, AT LYNNE, NORFOLK.
178. 178'SAM. JOHNSON.'
179. 179'DEAR SIR,
180. 180'SAM. JOHNSON.'
181. 181'TO THE SAME.
182. 182'DEAR SIR,
183. 183'SAM. JOHNSON.'
184. 184'DEAR SIR,
185. 185'SAM. JOHNSON.'
186. 186'TO BENNET LANGTON, ESQ., AT LANGTON, NEAR SPILSBY, LINCOLNSHIRE.
187. 187'DEAR SIR,
188. 188'SAM. JOHNSON.'
189. 189'SAM. JOHNSON.'
190. 190'DEAR SIR,
191. 191'T. SMOLLET.'
192. 192'DEAR SIR,
193. 193'SAM. JOHNSON.'
194. 194'SAM. JOHNSON.'
195. 195'DEAR SIR,
196. 196'SAM. JOHNSON.'
197. 197'MADAM,
198. 198'SAM. JOHNSON.'
199. 199'SAM. JOHNSON.'
200. 200'TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF BUTE.
201. 201'MY LORD,
202. 202'SAM. JOHNSON.'
203. 203'MY LORD,
204. 204'TO MR. JOSEPH BARETTI, AT MILAN.
205. 205'SAM. JOHNSON.'
206. 206'A MR. BOSWELL, À LA COUR DE L'EMPEREUR, UTRECHT.
207. 207'DEAR SIR,
208. 208'TO JOSHUA REYNOLDS, ESQ., IN LEICESTER-FIELDS, LONDON.
209. 209'DEAR SIR,
210. 210'SAM. JOHNSON.'
211. 211APPENDIX A
212. 212JOHNSON'S DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT.
213. 213APPENDIX B.
214. 214'TO MRS. JOHNSON IN LICHFIELD.
215. 215'HONOURED MADAM,
216. 216'SAM. JOHNSON.'
217. 217'SAM. JOHNSON.'
218. 218'DEAR HONOURED MOTHER,
219. 219'SAM. JOHNSON.'
220. 220'DEAR HONOURED MOTHER,
221. 221'SAM. JOHNSON.'
222. 222'TO MISS PORTER, AT MRS. JOHNSON'S, IN LICHFIELD.
223. 223'DEAR HONOURED MOTHER,
224. 224'TO MISS PORTER IN LICHFIELD.
225. 225'SAM. JOHNSON.'
226. 226'SAM. JOHNSON.
227. 227'DEAR MADAM,
228. 228'TO MISS PORTER.
229. 229'DEAR MADAM,
230. 230'TO MISS PORTER.
231. 231'DEAR MADAM,
232. 232JOHNSON AT CAMBRIDGE.
233. 233APPENDIX D.
234. 234JOHNSON'S LETTER TO DR. LELAND.
235. 235'TO THE REV. DR. LELAND.
236. 236'SAM. JOHNSON.'
237. 237APPENDIX E.
238. 238JOHNSON'S 'ENGAGING IN POLITICKS WITH H----N.
239. 239APPENDIX F.
240. 240JOHNSON'S FIRST ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE THRALES AND HIS SERIOUS ILLNESS.
241. 241THE END OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
242. 242BOSWELL'S
243. 243LIFE OF JOHNSON
244. 244EDITED BY
245. 245GEORGE BIRKBECK HILL, D.C.L.
246. 246PEMBROKE COLLEGE, OXFORD
247. 247IN SIX VOLUMES
248. 248VOLUME II.--LIFE (1765-1776)
249. 249CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
250. 250LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. (NOVEMBER, 1765-MARCH, 1776)
251. 251APPENDICES:
252. 252A. AUTOGRAPH RECORDS BY JOHNSON (1766) IN THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY
253. 253B. JOHNSON'S SENTIMENTS TOWARDS HIS FELLOW-SUBJECTS IN AMERICA
254. 254THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.
255. 255'DEAR SIR,
256. 256'DEAR SIR,
257. 257'SAM. JOHNSON.'
258. 258'DEAR SIR,
259. 259'DEAR SIR,
260. 260'TO MR. WILLIAM DRUMMOND.
261. 261'DEAR SIR,
262. 262'TO THE SAME.
263. 263'DEAR SIR,
264. 264'TO JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ.
265. 265'MY DEAR BOSWELL,
266. 266'TO MR. SAMUEL JOHNSON.
267. 267'MY DEAR SIR,
268. 268'JAMES BOSWELL.'
269. 269'DEAR FRANCIS,
270. 270'DEAR SIR,
271. 271'SAM. JOHNSON.'
272. 272'DEAR SIR,
273. 273'DEAR SIR,
274. 274'A MATRIMONIAL THOUGHT.
275. 275'DEAR SIR,
276. 276'DEAR SIR,
277. 277'DEAR FRANCIS,
278. 278'SAM. JOHNSON.'
279. 279'TO THE SAME.
280. 280'DEAR FRANCIS,
281. 281'SAM. JOHNSON.'
282. 282'DEAR SIR,
283. 283'SAM. JOHNSON.'
284. 284'WILLIAM STRAHAN.'
285. 285'MY DEAR SIR,
286. 286'DEAR SIR,
287. 287'DEAR SIR,
288. 288'MY DEAR SIR,
289. 289'JAMES BOSWELL.'
290. 290'DEAR SIR,
291. 291'DEAR SIR,
292. 292'MY DEAR SIR,
293. 293'SAM. JOHNSON.'
294. 294'DEAR SIR,
295. 295'SAM. JOHNSON.'
296. 296'TO JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ.
297. 297'DEAR SIR,
298. 298'SAM JOHNSON.'
299. 299'TO DR. JOHNSON.
300. 300'MY DEAR SIR,
301. 301'DEAR SIR,
302. 302'SAM. JOHNSON.'
303. 303'DEAR SIR,
304. 304'SAM. JOHNSON.'
305. 305'TO JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ.
306. 306'DEAR SIR,
307. 307'DEAR SIR,
308. 308TO THE SAME.
309. 309'DEAR SIR,
310. 310'DEAR SIR,
311. 311TO THE SAME.
312. 312'DEAR SIR,
313. 313'MR. BOSWELL TO DR. JOHNSON.
314. 314'DEAR SIR,
315. 315'DEAR SIR,
316. 316'SAM. JOHNSON.'
317. 317'DEAR SIR,
318. 318'DEAR SIR,
319. 319'SAM. JOHNSON.'
320. 320'DEAR SIR,
321. 321'SAM. JOHNSON.'
322. 322'MR, BOSWELL TO DR. JOHNSON.
323. 323'DEAR SIR,
324. 324'MR. BOSWELL TO DR. JOHNSON.
325. 325'DEAR SIR,
326. 326'TO BENNET LANGTON, ESQ., AT LANGTON, NEAR SPILSBY, LINCOLNSHIRE.
327. 327'DEAR SIR,
328. 328'SAM. JOHNSON.'
329. 329'DEAR SIR,
330. 330'MR. BOSWELL TO DR. JOHNSON.
331. 331'MR. BOSWELL TO DR. JOHNSON.
332. 332'TO JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ.
333. 333'DEAR SIR,
334. 334'SAM JOHNSON.'
335. 335'DEAR SIR,
336. 336'SAM. JOHNSON.'
337. 337'DEAR SIR,
338. 338'SAM. JOHNSON.'
339. 339'DEAR SIR,
340. 340'SAM. JOHNSON.'
341. 341'DEAR SIR,
342. 342'SAM. JOHNSON.'
343. 343'MR. BOSWELL TO DR. JOHNSON.
344. 344'TO JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ.
345. 345'DEAR SIR,
346. 346'SAM. JOHNSON.'
347. 347'MR, BOSWELL TO DR. JOHNSON.
348. 348'TO JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ.
349. 349'DEAR SIR,
350. 350'SAM. JOHNSON.'
351. 351'MR. BOSWELL TO DR. JOHNSON.
352. 352'SAM. JOHNSON.'
353. 353'MR. JAMES MACPHERSON,
354. 354'SAM. JOHNSON.'
355. 355'JAMES BOSWELL.'
356. 356'DEAR SIR,
357. 357'MR. VICE-CHANCELLOR AND GENTLEMEN,
358. 358'NORTH.'
359. 359DIPLOMA.
360. 360'S. P. D.
361. 361'DEAR SIR,
362. 362'DEAR SIR,
363. 363'DEAR SIR,
364. 364'DEAR SIR,
365. 365TO THE SAME.
366. 366TO THE SAME.
367. 367'MY DEAR SIR,
368. 368'DEAR SIR,
369. 369'SAM. JOHNSON.'
370. 370'DEAR SIR,
371. 371'SAM. JOHNSON.'
372. 372'MY DEAR SIR,
373. 373'TO JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ.
374. 374'DEAR SIR,
375. 375'TO MRS. LUCY PORTER, IN LICHFIELD.
376. 376'DEAR MADAM,
377. 377TO THE SAME.
378. 378'DEAR MADAM,
379. 379'TO DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON.
380. 380'MY DEAR SIR,
381. 381'DEAR SIR,
382. 382'DEAR SIR,
383. 383'SAM. JOHNSON.'
384. 384TO THE SAME.
385. 385'DEAR SIR,
386. 386'DEAR SIR,
387. 387'DEAR SIR,
388. 388'SAM. JOHNSON.'
389. 389'MR. BOSWELL TO DR. JOHNSON.
390. 390'DR. JOHNSON TO MR. BOSWELL.
391. 391'DEAR SIR,
392. 392'SAM. JOHNSON.'
393. 393'DEAR SIR,
394. 394'SAM. JOHNSON.'
395. 395'DEAR SIR,
396. 396'SAM. JOHNSON.'
397. 397'DEAR SIR,
398. 398APPENDIX A. (Page 17.)
399. 399BODLEIAN LIBRARY. SELECT AUTOGRAPHS. (MONTAGU.)
400. 400APPENDIX B. (Page 312.)
401. 401THE END OF THE SECOND VOLUME.
402. 402BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON
403. 403EDITED BY
404. 404GEORGE BIRKBECK HILL, D.C.L.
405. 405PEMBROKE COLLEGE, OXFORD
406. 406IN SIX VOLUMES
407. 407VOLUME III.--LIFE (1776-1780)
408. 408CONTENTS OF VOL. III.
409. 409LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. (MARCH 1776--OCT. 1780).
410. 410APPENDICES:
411. 411A. GEORGE PSALMANAZAR
412. 412B. JOHNSON'S TRAVELS AND LOVE OF TRAVELLING
413. 413C. ELECTION OF LORD MAYORS OF LONDON
414. 414D. THE INMATES OF JOHNSON'S HOUSE
415. 415THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.
416. 416'E. THURLOW.'
417. 417'TO SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.
418. 418'DEAR SIR,
419. 419'SAM. JOHNSON.'
420. 420TO THE SAME.
421. 421'SAM. JOHNSON.'
422. 422'DR. JOHNSON TO MRS. BOSWELL.
423. 423'MADAM,
424. 424'SAM. JOHNSON.'
425. 425'MR. BOSWELL TO DR. JOHNSON.
426. 426'DR. JOHNSON TO MR. BOSWELL.
427. 427'DR. JOHNSON TO MR. BOSWELL.
428. 428'DEAR SIR,
429. 429'SAM. JOHNSON.'
430. 430'MY DEAR SIR,
431. 431'TO SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.
432. 432'SAM. JOHNSON.'
433. 433'MR. BOSWELL TO DR. JOHNSON.
434. 434'TO MR. ROBERT LEVETT.
435. 435'DEAR SIR,
436. 436'SAM. JOHNSON.'
437. 437'DEAR SIR,
438. 438'SAM. JOHNSON.'
439. 439'DEAR SIR,
440. 440'SAM. JOHNSON.'
441. 441'DEAR SIR,
442. 442'SAM. JOHNSON.'
443. 443'MR. BOSWELL TO DR. JOHNSON.
444. 444'JAMES BOSWELL.'
445. 445'SIR ALEXANDER DICK TO DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON.
446. 446'ALEXANDER DICK.'
447. 447'DEAR SIR,
448. 448'SAM. JOHNSON.'
449. 449'DEAR SIR,
450. 450'JAMES BOSWELL.'
451. 451'DEAR SIR,
452. 452'SAM. JOHNSON.'
453. 453'MR. BOSWELL TO DR. JOHNSON.
454. 454'DEAR SIR,
455. 455'MR. BOSWELL TO DR. JOHNSON.
456. 456'MY DEAR SIR,
457. 457'JAMES BOSWELL.'
458. 458'DEAR SIR,
459. 459'SAM. JOHNSON.'
460. 460TO THE SAME.
461. 461'DEAR SIR,
462. 462'SAM. JOHNSON.'
463. 463'DR. JOHNSON TO BENNET LANGTON, ESQ.
464. 464'DEAR SIR,
465. 465'SAM. JOHNSON.'
466. 466'SAM. JOHNSON.'
467. 467'REVEREND DR. VYSE TO MR. BOSWELL.
468. 468'W. VYSE.'
469. 469'DR. JOHNSON TO MR. EDWARD DILLY.
470. 470'SAM. JOHNSON.'
471. 471'MY DEAR SIR,
472. 472'JAMES BOSWELL.'
473. 473'DEAR SIR,
474. 474'SAM. JOHNSON.'
475. 475'DR. JOHNSON TO MRS. BOSWELL.
476. 476'MADAM,
477. 477'SAM. JOHNSON.'
478. 478'MR. BOSWELL TO DR. JOHNSON.
479. 479'DEAR SIR,
480. 480'SAM. JOHNSON.'
481. 481'MR. BOSWELL TO DR. JOHNSON.
482. 482'DEAR SIR,
483. 483'SAM. JOHNSON.'
484. 484'DEAR SIR,
485. 485'SAM. JOHNSON.'
486. 486'MR. BOSWELL TO DR. JOHNSON.
487. 487'JAMES BOSWELL.'
488. 488'DEAR SIR,
489. 489'SAM. JOHNSON.'
490. 490'SAM. JOHNSON.'
491. 491'DEAR SIR,
492. 492'SAM. JOHNSON.'
493. 493'MR. BOSWELL TO DR. JOHNSON.
494. 494'MY DEAR SIR,
495. 495'DEAR SIR,
496. 496'JAMES BOSWELL.'
497. 497'DEAR SIR,
498. 498'SAM. JOHNSON.'
499. 499'DEAR SIR,
500. 500'JAMES BOSWELL.'
501. 501'DEAR SIR,
502. 502'SAM. JOHNSON.'
503. 503'TO SAUNDERS WELCH, ESQ., AT THE ENGLISH COFFEE-HOUSE, ROME.
504. 504'DEAR SIR,
505. 505'SAM, JOHNSON.'
506. 506'TO DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON.
507. 507'MY DEAR SIR,
508. 508'JAMES BOSWELL.'
509. 509TO THE SAME.
510. 510'MY DEAR SIR,
511. 511'JAMES BOSWELL.'
512. 512TO THE SAME.
513. 513'MY DEAR SIR,
514. 514'JAMES BOSWELL.'
515. 515'MY DEAR SIR,
516. 516'JAMES BOSWELL.'
517. 517'SAM. JOHNSON.'
518. 518'TO THE REVEREND DR. PERCY, NORTHUMBERLAND-HOUSE.
519. 519'DEAR SIR,
520. 520'JAMES BOSWELL.'
521. 521'MY DEAR SIR,
522. 522'JAMES BOSWELL.'
523. 523'DEAR SIR,
524. 524'SAM. JOHNSON.'
525. 525'DEAR SIR,
526. 526'DEAR SIR,
527. 527'SAM. JOHNSON.'
528. 528'TO THE REVEREND DR. EDWARDS, OXFORD.
529. 529'SAM. JOHNSON.'
530. 530'DEAR SIR,
531. 531'SAM. JOHNSON.'
532. 532'DEAR SIR,
533. 533'SAM. JOHNSON.'
534. 534'MR. BOSWELL TO DR. JOHNSON.
535. 535'MY DEAR SIR,
536. 536'JAMES BOSWELL.'
537. 537'TO JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ.
538. 538'DEAR SIR,
539. 539'SAM. JOHNSON.'
540. 540'TO DR. JOHNSON.
541. 541'MY DEAR SIR,
542. 542'JAMES BOSWELL.'
543. 543'TO MR. BOSWELL.
544. 544'DEAR MADAM,
545. 545'SAM. JOHNSON.'
546. 546'TO MR. DILLY.
547. 547'SAM. JOHNSON.'
548. 548'DEAR SIR,
549. 549'SAM. JOHNSON.'
550. 550'MY DEAR SIR,
551. 551'JAMES BOSWELL.'
552. 552'MY DEAR SIR,
553. 553'TO JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ. 'DEAR SIR,
554. 554'HUGH BLAIR.'
555. 555'SAM. JOHNSON.'
556. 556'DEAR SIR,
557. 557'SAM. JOHNSON.'
558. 558'DEAR SIR,
559. 559'SAM. JOHNSON.'
560. 560'MRS. THRALE TO DR. JOHNSON.
561. 561'H. L. T.'
562. 562'DR. JOHNSON TO MRS. THRALE.
563. 563'DEAREST MADAM,
564. 564'SAM. JOHNSON.'
565. 565'MY DEAR SIR,
566. 566'JAMES BOSWELL.'
567. 567'DEAR SIR,
568. 568'TO THE WORTHY ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK.
569. 569'GENTLEMEN,
570. 570'HENRY THRALE.'
571. 571'THURLOW.'
572. 572'DEAR SIR,
573. 573APPENDIX A.
574. 574'ADVERTISEMENT.
575. 575APPENDIX B.
576. 576JOHNSON'S TRAVELS AND LOVE OF TRAVELLING.
577. 577APPENDIX C.
578. 578ELECTION OF LORD MAYORS OF LONDON.
579. 579APPENDIX D.
580. 580APPENDIX E.
581. 581LETTER I.
582. 582LETTER. II.
583. 583LETTER III.
584. 584'JAMES BOSWELL.'
585. 585LETTER IV.
586. 586'JAMES BOSWELL.'
587. 587THE END OF THE THIRD VOLUME.
588. 588BOSWELL'S
589. 589LIFE OF JOHNSON
590. 590EDITED BY
591. 591GEORGE BIRKBECK HILL, D.C.L.
592. 592PEMBROKE COLLEGE, OXFORD
593. 593IN SIX VOLUMES
594. 594VOLUME IV.--LIFE (1780-1784)
595. 595CONTENTS OF VOL. IV.
596. 596LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. (1780-DEC. 13, 1784)
597. 597APPENDICES:
598. 598FOOTNOTES.
599. 599THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.
600. 600'THE TRANSLATOR.'
601. 601'E.M.'
602. 602TO THE HONOURABLE WARREN HASTINGS, ESQ.
603. 603SAM. JOHNSON.
604. 604TO THE SAME.
605. 605SAM. JOHNSON.'
606. 606DEAR SIR,
607. 607TO MRS. LUCY PORTER, IN LICHFIELD.
608. 608'DEAR MADAM,
609. 609'SAM. JOHNSON.'
610. 610'TO MRS. STRAHAN.
611. 611'DEAR MADAM,
612. 612'SAM. JOHNSON.'
613. 613OF TORY AND WHIG.
614. 614SAM. JOHNSON.
615. 615'DEAR SIR,
616. 616'TO JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ.
617. 617'DEAR SIR,
618. 618'SAM. JOHNSON.'
619. 619'SAM. JOHNSON.'
620. 620'TO MRS. STRAHAN.
621. 621'DEAR MADAM,
622. 622'SAM. JOHNSON.'
623. 623'SAM. JOHNSON.'
624. 624'DEAR SIR,
625. 625'SAM. JOHNSON.'
626. 626'TO MRS. LUCY PORTER, IN LICHFIELD.
627. 627'DEAR MADAM,
628. 628'SAM. JOHNSON.'
629. 629TO THE SAME.
630. 630'DEAR MADAM,
631. 631'SAM. JOHNSON.'
632. 632TO CAPTAIN LANGTON, IN ROCHESTER.
633. 633'DEAR SIR,
634. 634'DEAR SIR,
635. 635'SAM. JOHNSON.'
636. 636'DEAR SIR,
637. 637'SAM. JOHNSON.'
638. 638'DEAR SIR,
639. 639'SAM. JOHNSON.'
640. 640'SAM. JOHNSON.'
641. 641'TO JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ.
642. 642'DEAR SIR,
643. 643'DEAR SIR,
644. 644'SAM. JOHNSON.'
645. 645'DEAR SIR,
646. 646'SAM. JOHNSON.'
647. 647'TO JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ.
648. 648'DEAR SIR,
649. 649'SAM. JOHNSON.'
650. 650'DR. JOHNSON TO MRS. BOSWELL.
651. 651'DEAR LADY,
652. 652'SAM. JOHNSON.'
653. 653'DEAR SIR,
654. 654'SAM. JOHNSON.'
655. 655'DEAR SIR,
656. 656'MARGARET BOSWELL.'
657. 657'TO SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.
658. 658'DEAR SIR,
659. 659'SAM. JOHNSON.'
660. 660'TO THE REVEREND MR. WILSON, CLITHEROE, LANCASHIRE.
661. 661'REVEREND SIR,
662. 662'SAM. JOHNSON.'
663. 663CHARADE.
664. 664TO SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.
665. 665SAM. JOHNSON.
666. 666'TO SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.
667. 667'DEAR SIR,
668. 668'SAM. JOHNSON.'
669. 669'TO MR. EDMUND ALLEN.
670. 670'TO THE REVEREND DR. JOHN TAYLOR.
671. 671'DEAR SIR,
672. 672'MADAM,
673. 673'SAM. JOHNSON.'
674. 674'DEAR SIR,
675. 675'SAM. JOHNSON.'
676. 676'DEAR SIR,
677. 677'DEAR MADAM,
678. 678'SAM. JOHNSON.'
679. 679'SAM. JOHNSON.'
680. 680'DEAR SIR,
681. 681'SAM. JOHNSON.'
682. 682'DEAR SIR,
683. 683'SAM. JOHNSON.'
684. 684'DEAR SIR,
685. 685'SAM. JOHNSON.'
686. 686'TO MRS. LUCY PORTER, IN LICHFIELD.
687. 687'MY DEAREST LOVE,
688. 688'SAM. JOHNSON.'
689. 689TO JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ.
690. 690'DEAR SIR,
691. 691'TO JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ. 'DEAR SIR,
692. 692'SAM. JOHNSON.'
693. 693'DEAR SIR,
694. 694'JAMES BOSWELL.'
695. 695'TO JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ.
696. 696'DEAR SIR,
697. 697'SAM. JOHNSON.'
698. 698'DEAR SIR,
699. 699'SAM. JOHNSON.'
700. 700'SAM. JOHNSON.'
701. 701'SAM. JOHNSON.'
702. 702'SAM. JOHNSON.'
703. 703'DEAR SIR,
704. 704'SAM. JOHNSON.'
705. 705'MY DEAREST MISS JENNY,
706. 706'SAM. JOHNSON.'
707. 707'TO JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ. SIR,
708. 708'TO THE REVEREND MR. BAGSHAW, AT BROMLEY.
709. 709'SAM. JOHNSON.'
710. 710'TO JOHN PARADISE, ESQ.
711. 711DEAR SIR,
712. 712TO MR. JOHN NICHOLS:--
713. 713'SAM. JOHNSON.'
714. 714'TO MR. HECTOR, IN BIRMINGHAM.
715. 715'DEAR SIR,
716. 716'SAM. JOHNSON.'
717. 717'TO JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ.
718. 718'DEAR SIR,
719. 719'SAM. JOHNSON.'
720. 720WILLIAM ROBERTSON, D.D.
721. 721MISS BURNEY.
722. 722REVEREND MR. NARES.
723. 723'DEAR SIR,
724. 724'SAM. JOHNSON.'
725. 725'DEAR MADAM,
726. 726'SAM. JOHNSON,'
727. 727'DEAR SIR,
728. 728APPENDIX A.
729. 729APPENDIX B.
730. 730APPENDIX C.
731. 731'DEAR SIR,
732. 732'SAM. JOHNSON.'
733. 733'DEAR SIR,
734. 734'SAM. JOHNSON.'
735. 735APPENDIX D.
736. 736APPENDIX E.
737. 737APPENDIX F.
738. 738APPENDIX G.
739. 739APPENDIX H.
740. 740APPENDIX I.
741. 741THE END OF THE FOURTH VOLUME.
742. 742BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON
743. 743EDITED BY
744. 744GEORGE BIRKBECK HILL, D.C.L.
745. 745PEMBROKE COLLEGE, OXFORD
746. 746IN SIX VOLUMES
747. 747VOLUME V. TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES (1773)
748. 748JOURNEY INTO NORTH WALES (1774)
749. 749THE JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES,
750. 750SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. BY JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ.
751. 751CONTAINING
752. 752WITH AN AUTHENTICK ACCOUNT OF
753. 753THE THIRD EDITION, REVISED AND CORRECTED.
754. 754LONDON: PRINTED BY HENRY BALDWIN, FOR CHARLES DILLY, IN THE POULTRY. MDCCLXXXVI.
755. 755CONTENTS OF VOL. V.
756. 756JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES WITH SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.: DEDICATION TO EDMOND MALONE, ESQ. ADVERTISEMENT TO THE THIRD EDITION CONTENTS JOURNAL APPENDICES: I. LETTER FROM DR. BLACKLOCK II. VERSES BY SIR ALEXANDER MACDONALD ADVERTISEMENT OF THE LIFE A. EXTRACTS FROM WARBURTON B. LORD HOUGHTON'S TRANSLATION OF JOHNSON'S ODE WRITTEN IN SKY C. JOHNSON'S USE OF THE WORD BIG
757. 757A JOURNEY INTO NORTH WALES IN THE YEAR 1774
758. 758DEDICATION.
759. 759TO EDMOND MALONE, ESQ.
760. 760MY DEAR SIR,
761. 761ADVERTISEMENT
762. 762TO THE
763. 763THIRD EDITION.
764. 764DEDICATION. ADVERTISEMENT. INTRODUCTION. Character of Dr. Johnson. He arrives in Scotland.
765. 765JOURNAL
766. 766TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES
767. 767SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.
768. 768SUNDAY, AUGUST 15
769. 769'W. R.'
770. 770MONDAY, AUGUST 16.
771. 771TUESDAY, AUGUST 17.
772. 772WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18.
773. 773THURSDAY, AUGUST 19.
774. 774FRIDAY, AUGUST 20.
775. 775SATURDAY, AUGUST 31.
776. 776'JAMES BOSWELL.'
777. 777SUNDAY, AUGUST 22.
778. 778MONDAY, AUGUST 23.
779. 779TUESDAY, AUGUST 24.
780. 780WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25.
781. 781THURSDAY, AUGUST 26.
782. 782FRIDAY, AUGUST 27.
783. 783SATURDAY, AUGUST 28.
784. 784SUNDAY, AUGUST 29.
785. 785MONDAY, AUGUST 30.
786. 786TUESDAY, AUGUST 31.
787. 787WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1.
788. 788THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2.
789. 789FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3.
790. 790SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4.
791. 791SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5.
792. 792MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6.
793. 793TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7.
794. 794WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8.
795. 795THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9.
796. 796FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10.
797. 797SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11.
798. 798SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12.
799. 799'DEAR BOSWELL,
800. 800'DEAR SIR,
801. 801MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13.
802. 802TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14.
803. 803WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15.
804. 804THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16.
805. 805FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17.
806. 806SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18.
807. 807SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 19.
808. 808MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20.
809. 809TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21.
810. 810WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22.
811. 811THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23.
812. 812FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24.
813. 813SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25.
814. 814SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
815. 815MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27.
816. 816TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28.
817. 817WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29.
818. 818THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30.
819. 819FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1.
820. 820SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2.
821. 821SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3.
822. 822MONDAY, OCTOBER 4.
823. 823TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5.
824. 824WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6.
825. 825THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7.
826. 826FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8.
827. 827TO THE LAIRD OF COL.
828. 828'DEAR SIR,
829. 829FOR MY VERY LOVING FRIEND THE LAIRD OF COALL.
830. 830'FOR THE LAIRD OF COL.
831. 831SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10.
832. 832MONDAY, OCTOBER II.
833. 833TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12.
834. 834WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13.
835. 835THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14.
836. 836SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16.
837. 837SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17.
838. 838INSULA SANCTI KENNETHI.
839. 839MONDAY, OCTOBER 18.
840. 840TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19.
841. 841WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20.
842. 842THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21.
843. 843FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22.
844. 844SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23.
845. 845MY DEAR SIR,
846. 846'JAMES BOSWELL.'
847. 847'DEAR SIR,
848. 848'D. GARRICK.'
849. 849SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24.
850. 850MEDITATION ON A PUDDING.
851. 851MONDAY, OCTOBER 25.
852. 852TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26.
853. 853WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27.
854. 854'TO HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF ARGYLE.
855. 855'MY LORD,
856. 856'SAM. JOHNSON.'
857. 857'TO DR. JOHNSON, AUCHINLECK, AYRSHIRE.
858. 858'ARGYLE.'
859. 859THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28.
860. 860FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29.
861. 861SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30.
862. 862SUNDAY, OCTOBER 31.
863. 863MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1.
864. 864TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2.
865. 865WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3.
866. 866THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4.
867. 867FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5.
868. 868SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6.
869. 869SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7.
870. 870MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8.
871. 871TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9.
872. 872WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10.
873. 873THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11.
874. 874'DEAR SIR,
875. 875'HUGH BLAIR.'
876. 876'MY DEAR BOSWELL,
877. 877'GEORGE DEMPSTER.'
878. 878'DEAR SIR,
879. 879'JOHN M'LEOD.'
880. 880'TO THE LAIRD OF RASAY.
881. 881'DEAR SIR,
882. 882'DEAR SIR,
883. 883'SAM. JOHNSON.'
884. 884'WILLIAM FORBES.'
885. 885APPENDIX.
886. 886'TO JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ.
887. 887'DEAR SIR,
888. 888'THOMAS BLACKLOCK.'
889. 889THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.
890. 890BY JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ.
891. 891APPENDIX A.
892. 892APPENDIX B.
893. 893APPENDIX C.
894. 894A JOURNEY
895. 895NORTH WALES,
896. 896THE YEAR 1774.
897. 897TUESDAY, JULY 5.
898. 898JULY 6.
899. 899JULY 7.
900. 900JULY 8.
901. 901JULY 9.
902. 902JULY 11.
903. 903JULY 12.
904. 904JULY 13.
905. 905JULY 14.
906. 906JULY 15.
907. 907JULY 16.
908. 908JULY 17.
909. 909JULY 18.
910. 910JULY 19.
911. 911JULY 20.
912. 912JULY 21.
913. 913JULY 22.
914. 914JULY 23.
915. 915JULY 24.
916. 916JULY 26.
917. 917JULY 27.
918. 918JULY 28.
919. 919JULY 29.
920. 920JULY 30.
921. 921AUGUST 1.
922. 922AUGUST 2.
923. 923AUGUST 3.
924. 924AUGUST 4.
925. 925AUGUST 5.
926. 926AUGUST 6.
927. 927AUGUST 7.
928. 928OBSERVATIONS.
929. 929AUGUST 8.
930. 930AUGUST 10.
931. 931AUGUST 14.
932. 932AUGUST 15.
933. 933AUGUST 18.
934. 934AUGUST 19.
935. 935AUGUST 20.
936. 936AUGUST 21.
937. 937AUGUST 22.
938. 938AUGUST 24.
939. 939AUGUST 25.
940. 940AUGUST 26.
941. 941AUGUST 27.
942. 942AUGUST 28.
943. 943AUGUST 29.
944. 944AUGUST 29.
945. 945SEPTEMBER 4, SUNDAY.
946. 946SEPTEMBER 6.
947. 947SEPTEMBER 7.
948. 948SEPTEMBER 8, THURSDAY.
949. 949SEPTEMBER 9.
950. 950SEPTEMBER 10.
951. 951SEPTEMBER 11.
952. 952SEPTEMBER 12.
953. 953SEPTEMBER 13.
954. 954SEPTEMBER 15.
955. 955SEPTEMBER 16.
956. 956SEPTEMBER 17.
957. 957SEPTEMBER 19.
958. 958SEPTEMBER 20.
959. 959SEPTEMBER 21.
960. 960SEPTEMBER 22.
961. 961SEPTEMBER 23.
962. 962SEPTEMBER 24.
963. 963THE END OF THE FIFTH VOLUME.