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THE

LIVES

OF THE MOST EMINENT

ENGLISH POETS,

WITH

CRITICAL OBSERVATIONS

ON THEIR WORKS,

BY

SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.

A New Edition, Corrected and Revised.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR G. WALKER, J. AKERMAN, E. EDWARDS; W. ROBINSON AND SONK,

LIVERPOOL; E. THOMSON, MANCHESTER; J. NOBLE, BULL; J. WILSON,
BERWICK; W. WHYTE AND CO. EDINBURGH; AND R. GRIFFIN