THE LIVES OF

THE MOST EMINENT

ENGLISH POETS

BY

SAMUEL JOHNSON

LL.D.

IN THREE VOLUMES

VOL. I.

METHUEN AND CO.

36 ESSEX STREET: STRAND

LONDON

1896

NES @ 190g
LIDARY

Taylor fund
(3 vola)

Edinburgh: T. and A. CONSTABLE, Printers to Her Majesty