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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