THE

LIVES

OF THE MOST EMINENT

ENGLISH POETS.

WITH

CRITICAL OBSERVATIONS

ON THEIR

WORKS.

BY SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

Printed at the Stanhope Press,

BY CHARLES WHITTINGHAM,

Union Ruildings, Leather Lane;

FOR JOHN SHARPE, OPPOSITE YORK-HOUSE,
PICCADILLY.