An edition of Life of Samuel Johnson (1776)

The life of Samuel Johnson

comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works in chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition never before published ...

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The life of Samuel Johnson
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An edition of Life of Samuel Johnson (1776)

The life of Samuel Johnson

comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works in chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition never before published ...

6th ed. rev. and augm.
  • 4.0 (3 ratings) ·
  • 45 Want to read
  • 3 Currently reading
  • 4 Have read

Poet, lexicographer, critic, moralist and Great Cham, Dr. Johnson had in his friend Boswell the ideal biographer.

Notoriously and self-confessedly intemperate, Boswell shared with Johnson a huge appetite for life and threw equal energy into recording its every aspect in minute but telling detail. This irrepressible Scotsman was 'always studying human nature and making experiments', and the marvelously vivacious Journals he wrote daily furnished him with first-rate material when he came to write his biography.

The result is a masterpiece that brims over with wit, anecdote and originality. Hailed by Macaulay as the best biography ever written and by Carlyle as a book 'beyond any other product of the eighteenth century', The Life of Samuel Johnson today continues to enjoy its status as a classic of the language.

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Cover of: Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
1987, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
in English
Cover of: Boswell's Life of Johnson
Boswell's Life of Johnson
1917, Scribner's Sons
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The life of Samuel Johnson
1907, Dent, Dutton
in English
Cover of: Life of Johnson
Cover of: Boswell's Life of Johnson
Cover of: The life of Johnson
Cover of: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.
The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.
1873, W. P. Nimmo
in English - New and complete ed., carefully revised from the most authentic sources. Edited, with notes, etc., by William Wallace, M. A.
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The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D: including A journal of his tour to the Hebrides
1846, Harper & Brothers
in English - New ed., with numerous additions and notes / by John Wilson Croker.
Cover of: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.
Cover of: The life of Samuel Johnson
Cover of: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

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PR3533 .B6x 1811x

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