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SAMUEL JOHNSON
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Samuel Johnson.
From a portrait attributed to John Opie. R.A.
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THE REGENT LIBRARY
SAMUEL JOHNSON
BY ALICE MEYNELL AND
G. K. CHESTERTON
LONDON
HERBERT & DANIEL
21 Maddox Street
W.
CONTENTS
page Calendar of Principal Events iv Introduction vii The Plan of an English Dictionary 1 Lives of Eminent Persons 19 The Rambler 21 The Adventurer 71 Preface to Shakspeare 76 Thoughts on Agriculture 97 From a Review of "A Free Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Evil" 101 The Idler 105 Rasselas 128 A Journey to the Western Islands 144 Lives of the English Poets: From Cowley 150 „ Milton 156 „ Butler 164 „ Waller 164 „ Dryden 167 „ Smith 168 „ Addison 169 „ Prior 171 „ Congreve 172 „ Savage 173 „ Swift 174 „ Pope 178 „ Young 188 „ Gray 188 Letters: To His Wife 190 To Mr. James Elphinston 191 To the Reverend Joseph Warton 193 To Miss Boothby 194 To James Boswell (on his way home from Corsica) 194 To the Rev. Dr. Dodd (on the eve of his execution for forgery) 196 To James Boswell 197 To Dr. Lawrence 198 To the Lord Chancellor, who had offered an advance of five hundred pounds 200 To the author of "Ossian" 201 Extracts from Mrs. Thrale's collection 202 To Mrs. Thrale 210 From the Diary 221 Poems: The Vanity of Human Wishes; in imitation of the Tenth Satire of Juvenal 223 Prologue, spoken by Mr. Garrick, at the opening of the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane, 1747 239 Prologue, spoken by Mr. Garrick, April 5, 1750, before the Masque of Comus, acted at Drury-Lane Theatre for the Benefit of Milton's Grand-daughter 242 Prologue to the Comedy of the Good-Natured Man, 1769 244 Prologue to the Comedy of A Word to the Wise (by Hugh Kelly). Spoken by Mr. Hull 246 From Irene 247 Friendship: An Ode 248 Robert Levett 249 A Short Bibliography of Johnson's Works 251 Iconography 259 Appreciations and Testimonia 261
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