[16] Boswell praised Courtenay's "just and discriminative eulogy" on Johnson's Latin poems, and quoted it. See _Boswell's Life of Johnson_, ed. G. B. Hill, revised L. F. Powell (Oxford, 1934-1950), I, 62. [17] See _European Magazine_, IX (April 1786), 266; _Gentleman's Magazine_, LVI (May 1786), 415; _Monthly Review_, LXXV (September 1786), 229. [18] It should be noted that the attack on Courtenay in this poem is the mildest of the four. The famous caricaturist, Sayer, included Courtenay in a poetic attack on Mrs. Piozzi appended to his print, _Frontispiece to the 2nd Edition of Johnson's Letters_, published 7 April 1788. See James L. Clifford, _Hester Lynch Piozzi (Mrs. Thrale)_ (Oxford, 1952), p. 329. [19] Boswell quoted Courtenay's compliment in _Life_, II, 268. [20] _Letters_, II, 444. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE The text of this edition of _A Poetical Review of the Literary and Moral Character of the Late Samuel Johnson, L.L.D., with Notes_ is reproduced from a copy in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. A POETICAL REVIEW OF THE LITERARY AND MORAL CHARACTER OF THE LATE _SAMUEL JOHNSON, L.L.D._ WITH NOTES. BY JOHN COURTENAY, ESQ. THE THIRD EDITION, CORRECTED. Man is thy theme; his virtue, or his rage, Drawn to the life, in each elaborate page. WALLER. ----_immensae veluti connexa carinae Cymba minor._ STATIUS. LONDON: PRINTED FOR CHARLES DILLY IN THE POULTRY. M DCC LXXXVI. A POETICAL REVIEW, &c.