Produced by Jonathan Ingram, David King and PG Distributed Proofreaders _BOSWELL'S_ _LIFE OF JOHNSON_ _INCLUDING BOSWELL'S JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES AND JOHNSON'S DIARY OF A JOURNEY INTO NORTH WALES_ EDITED BY GEORGE BIRKBECK HILL, D.C.L. PEMBROKE COLLEGE, OXFORD IN SIX VOLUMES VOLUME I.--LIFE (1709-1765) M DCCC LXXXVII THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. 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: THE WHOLE EXHIBITING A VIEW OF LITERATURE AND LITERARY MEN IN GREAT-BRITAIN, FOR NEAR HALF A CENTURY, DURING WHICH HE FLOURISHED. _BY JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ_. --_Quò fit ut_ OMNIS _Votiva pateat veluti descripta tabella_ VITA SENIS.-- HORAT. THE THIRD EDITION, REVISED AND AUGMENTED, IN FOUR VOLUMES. LONDON: PRINTED BY H. BALDWIN AND SON, FOR CHARLES DILLY, IN THE POULTRY. * * * * * M DCC XCIX. TO THE REVEREND BENJAMIN JOWETT, M.A., MASTER OF BALLIOL COLLEGE REGIUS PROFESSOR OF GREEK IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD HONORARY LL.D. OF THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH HONORARY D.D. OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LEYDEN WHO IS NOT ONLY 'AN ACUTE AND KNOWING CRITIC' BUT ALSO 'JOHNSONIANISSIMUS' IN GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE KINDLY INTEREST THAT HE HAS THROUGHOUT TAKEN IN THE PROGRESS OF THIS WORK This Edition OF BOSWELL'S LIFE OF JOHNSON Is Dedicated CONTENTS OF VOL. I. PAGE DEDICATION TO SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 ADVERTISEMENT TO THE THIRD EDITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE OF THE PROSE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON (SEPT. 18, 1709-OCTOBER 1765) . . . . 1-500 APPENDICES A. JOHNSON'S DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501 B. JOHNSON'S LETTERS TO HIS MOTHER AND MISS PORTER IN 1759 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512 C. JOHNSON AT CAMBRIDGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517 D. JOHNSON'S LETTER TO DR. LELAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518 E. JOHNSON'S 'ENGAGING IN POLITICKS WITH H----N'. . . . . . 518 F. JOHNSON'S FIRST ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE THRALES AND HIS SERIOUS ILLNESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, &c. 1. SAMUEL JOHNSON, after the Picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds in the National Gallery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _Frontispiece_ to VOL. I. 2. FACSIMILE OF JOHNSON'S HANDWRITING IN HIS 20TH YEAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VOL. I, p. 60.