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A VOYAGE TO ABYSSINIA

CONTENTS A VOYAGE TO ABYSSINIA. INTRODUCTION. THE PREFACE PART I - THE VOYAGE TO ABYSSINIA CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII PART II - A DESCRIPTION OF ABYSSINIA CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV

MARMOR NORFOLCIENSE A COMPLEAT VINDICATION OF THE LICENSERS OF THE STAGE THE PLAN OF A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE THE RAMBLER

CONTENTS PREFATORY NOTICE No. 1. TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1749-50. No. 2. SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1749-50. No. 3. TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1750. No. 4. SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1750. No. 5. TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1750. No. 6. SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1750. No. 7. TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1750. No. 8. SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1750. No. 9. TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1750. No. 10. SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1750. No. 11. TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1750. No. 12. SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1750. No. 13. TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1750. No. 14. SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1750. No. 15. TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1750. No. 16. SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1750. No. 17. TUESDAY, MAY 15, 1750. No. 18. SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1750. No. 19. TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1750. No. 20. SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1750. No. 21. TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1750. No. 22. SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1750. No. 23. TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1750. No. 24. SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1750. No. 25. TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1750. No. 26. SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1750. No. 27. TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1750. No. 28. SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1750. No. 29. TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1750. No. 30. SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1750. No. 31. TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1750. No. 32. SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1750. No. 33. TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1750. No. 34. SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1750. No. 35. TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1750. No. 36. SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1750. No. 37. TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1750. No. 38. SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1750. No. 39. TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1750. No. 40. SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1750. No. 41. TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1750. No. 42. SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1750. No. 43. TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1750. No. 44. SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1750. No. 45. TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1750. No. 46. SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1750. No. 47. TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1750. No. 48. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1750. No. 49. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1750. No. 50. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1750. No. 51. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1750. No. 52. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1750. No. 53. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1750. No. 54. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1750. No. 55. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1750. No. 56. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1750. No. 57. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1750. No. 58. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1750. No. 59. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1750. No. 60. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1750. No. 61. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1750. No. 62. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1750. No. 63. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1750. No. 64. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1750. No. 65. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1750. No. 66. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1750. No. 67. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1750. No. 68. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1750. No. 69. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1750. No. 70. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1750. No. 71. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1750. No. 72. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1750. No. 73. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1750. No. 74. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1750. No. 75. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1750. No. 76. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1750. No. 77. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1750. No. 78. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1750. No. 79. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1750. No. 80. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1750. No. 81. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1750. No. 82. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1750. No. 83. TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1751. No. 84. SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1751. No. 85. TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1751. No. 86. SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1751. No. 87. TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1751. No. 88. SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1751. No. 89. TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 1751. No. 90. SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1751. No. 91. TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1751. No. 92. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1751. No. 93. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1751. No. 94. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1751. No. 95. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1751. No. 96. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1751. No. 97. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1751. No. 98. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1751. No. 99. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1751. No. 100. SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1751. No. 101. TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1751. No. 102. SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 1751. No. 103. TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1751. No. 104. SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1751. No. 105. TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1751. No. 106. SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 1751. No. 107. TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1751. No. 108. SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1751. No. 109. TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1751. No. 110. SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1751 No. 111. TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 1751. No. 112. SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1751. No. 113. TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 1751. No. 114. SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1751. No. 115. TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1751. No. 116. SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1751. No. 117. TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1751. No. 118. SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1751. No. 119. TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1751. No. 120. SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1751. No. 121. TUESDAY, MAY 14, 1751. No. 122. SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1751. No. 123. TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1751. No. 124. SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1751. No. 125. TUESDAY, MAY 28, 1751. No. 126. SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 1751. No. 127. TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1751. No. 128. SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1751. No. 129. TUESDAY, JUNE 11. 1751. No. 130. SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1751. No. 131. TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1751. No. 132. SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 1751. No. 133. TUESDAY, JUNE 25, 1751. No. 134. SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1751. No. 135. TUESDAY, JULY 2, 1751. No. 136. SATURDAY, JULY 6, 1751. No. 137. TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1751. No. 138. SATURDAY, JULY 13, 1751. No. 139. TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1751 No. 140. SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1751. No. 141. TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1751. No. 142. SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1751. No. 143. TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1751. No. 144. SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1751. No. 145. TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1751. No. 146. SATURDAY, AUGUST 10, 1751. No. 147. TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1751. No. 148. SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1751. No. 149. TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1751. No. 150. SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1751. No. 151. TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1751. No. 152. SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1751. No. 153. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1751 No. 154. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1751. No. 155. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1751. No. 156. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1751. No. 157. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1751. No. 158. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1751. No. 159. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1751. No. 160. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1751 No. 161. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1751. No. 162. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1751. No. 163. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1751. No. 164. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1751. No. 165. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1751. No. 166. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1751. No. 167. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1751. No. 168. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1751. No. 169. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1751. No. 170. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1751. No. 171. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1751. No. 172. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1751. No. 173. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1751. No. 174. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1751. No. 175. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1751. No. 176. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1751 No. 177. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1751. No. 178. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1751. No. 179. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1751. No. 180. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1751. No. 181. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1751. No. 182. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1751. No. 183. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1751. No. 184. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1751. No. 185. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1751. No. 186. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1751. No. 187. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1751. No. 188. SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1751. No. 189. TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1752. No. 190. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1752. No. 191. TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1752. No. 192. SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1752. No. 193. TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1752. No. 194. SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1752. No. 195. TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1752. No. 196. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1752. No. 197. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1752. No. 198. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1752. No. 199. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1752. No. 200. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1752. No. 201. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1752. No. 202. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1752. No. 203. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1752. No. 204. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1752 No. 205. TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1752. No. 206. SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1752. No. 207. TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1752. No. 208. SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1752.

THE ADVENTURER

CONTENTS PREFATORY NOTICE TO THE ADVENTURER. No. 34. SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1753. No. 39. TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1753. No. 41. TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1753. No. 45. TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1753 No. 50. SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1753. No. 53. TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1753. No. 58. SATURDAY, MAY 25, 1753. No. 62. SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1753. No. 67. TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1753. No. 69. TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1753. No. 74. SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1753. No. 81. TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1753. No. 84. SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1753. No. 85 TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1753. No. 92. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1753. No. 95. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1753. No. 99. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1753. No. 102. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1753. No. 107. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1753. No. 108. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1753. No. 111. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1753. No. 115. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1753. No. 119. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1753. No. 120. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1753. No. 126. SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1754. No. 128. SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1754. No. 131. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1754. No. 137. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1754. No. 138. SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1754.

THE IDLER

CONTENTS PREFATORY NOTICE TO THE IDLER. ADVERTISEMENT. No. 1. SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1758. No. 2. SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1758. No. 3. SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1758. No. 4. SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1758. No. 5. SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1758. No. 6. SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1758. No. 7. SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1758. No. 8. SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1758. No. 9. SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1758. No. 10. SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1758. No. 11. SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1758. No. 12. SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1758. No. 13. SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1758. No. 15. SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1758. No. 16. SATURDAY, JULY 29, 1758. No. 17. SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1758. No. 18. SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1758. No. 19. SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1758. No. 20. SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1758. No. 21. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1758. No. 22. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1758. No. 23. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1758. No. 24. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1758. No. 25. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1758. No. 26 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1758. No. 27. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1758. No. 28. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1758. No. 29. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1758. No. 30. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1758. No. 31. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1758. No. 32. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1758. No. 33. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1758. No. 34. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1758. No. 35. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1758. No. 30. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1758. No. 37. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1758. No. 38. SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1759. No. 39. SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 1759. No. 40. SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1759. No. 41. SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1759. No. 42. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1759. No. 43. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1759. No. 44. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1759. No. 45. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1759. No. 40. SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1759. No. 47. SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1759. No. 48. SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1759. No. 49. SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1759. No. 50. SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1759. No. 51. SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1759. No. 53. SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1759. No. 54. SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1759. No. 55. SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1759. No. 56. SATURDAY, MAY 12, 1759. No. 57. SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1759. No. 58. SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1759. No. 59. SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 1759. No. 60. SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1759. No. 61. SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 1759. No. 62. SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 1759. No. 63. SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1759. No. 64. SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1759. No. 65. SATURDAY, JULY 14, 1759. No. 66. SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1759. No. 67. SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1759. No. 68. SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1759. No. 69. SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 1759. No. 70. SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1759. No. 71. SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1759. No. 72. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1759. No. 73. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1759. No. 74. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1759. No. 75. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1759. No. 76. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1759. No. 77. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1759. No. 78. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1759. No. 79. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1759. No. 80. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1759. No. 81. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1759. No. 82. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1759. No. 83. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1759. No. 84. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1759. No. 85. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1759. No. 86. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1759. No. 87. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1759. No. 88. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1759. No. 89. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1759. No. 90. SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1760. No. 91. SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 1760. No. 92. SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1760. No. 93. SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1760. No. 94. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1760. No. 95. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1760. No. 96. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1760. No. 97. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1760. No. 98. SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1760. No. 99. SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1760. No. 100. SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1760, No. 101. SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1760. No. 102. SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1760. No. 103. SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1760.

THE FALSE ALARM THOUGHTS ON THE LATE TRANSACTIONS RESPECTING FALKLAND’S ISLANDS THE PATRIOT TAXATION NO TYRANNY

TAXATION NO TYRANNY;

A JOURNEY TO THE WESTERN ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND

CONTENTS INCH KEITH ST. ANDREWS ABERBROTHICK MONTROSE ABERDEEN SLANES CASTLE, THE BULLER OF BUCHAN BAMFF ELGIN FORES. CALDER. FORT GEORGE INVERNESS LOUGH NESS FALL OF FIERS FORT AUGUSTUS ANOCH GLENSHEALS THE HIGHLANDS GLENELG SKY. ARMIDEL CORIATACHAN IN SKY RAASAY DUNVEGAN ULINISH TALISKER IN SKY OSTIG IN SKY COL GRISSIPOL IN COL CASTLE OF COL MULL ULVA INCH KENNETH

DEBATES IN PARLIAMENT

CONTENTS PREFATORY OBSERVATIONS TO THE PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES. REFERENCES TO THE SPEAKERS PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATE, WITH REGARD TO THE BILL FOR PROHIBITING THE EXPORTATION OF CORN, ETC. DEBATE RELATING TO A SEDITIOUS PAPER OF THE SAME KIND WITH THE CONSIDERATIONS ON THE EMBARGO ON PROVISIONS. ON INCORPORATING THE NEW-RAISED MEN INTO THE STANDING REGIMENTS. DEBATE ON TAKING THE STATE OF THE ARMY INTO CONSIDERATION. RESPECTING OFFICERS ON HALF-PAY. DEBATE ON AN ADDRESS FOR PAPERS RELATING TO ADMIRAL HADDOCK. DEBATE REGARDING THE DEPARTURE OF THE FRENCH AND SPANISH SQUADRONS. DEBATE ON ADDRESSING HIS MAJESTY FOR REMOVING SIR ROBERT WALPOLE. DEBATE ON CLEANSING THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER. DEBATE ON THE SECOND READING OF A BILL TO PREVENT INCONVENIENCIES ARISING FROM INSURANCE OF SHIPS. DEBATE ON THE BILL FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT AND INCREASE OF SEAMEN. DEBATE ON THE BILL FOR THE PUNISHMENT OF MUTINY AND DESERTION. DEBATE ON ADDRESSING THE KING. DEBATE ON A MOTION FOR SUPPORTING THE QUEEN OF HUNGARY. DEBATE ON CHOOSING A SPEAKER. DECEMBER 4, 1741. DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS. DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS. ON A MOTION FOR INQUIRING INTO THE CONDUCT OF AFFAIRS AT HOME AND ABROAD, DURING THE LAST TWENTY YEARS. ON THE SECURITY AND PROTECTION OF TRADE AND NAVIGATION. DEBATE ON SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS.

A CONVERSATION BETWEEN HIS MOST SACRED MAJESTY GEORGE III AND SAMUEL JOHNSON LID MISCELLANEOUS PAMPHLETS, REVIEWS AND ESSAYS

CONTENTS ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FOURTH EDITION OF THE ENGLISH DICTIONARY. PREFACE TO THE OCTAVO EDITION OF THE ENGLISH DICTIONARY. A GRAMMAR OF THE ENGLISH TONGUE AN ACCOUNT OF THE HARLEIAN LIBRARY. AN ESSAY ON THE ORIGIN AND IMPORTANCE OF SMALL TRACTS AND FUGITIVE PIECES. WRITTEN FOR THE INTRODUCTION TO THE HARLEIAN MISCELLANY. PREFACE TO THE CATALOGUE OF THE HARLEIAN LIBRARY, VOL. III. A VIEW OF THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN MONS. CROUSAZ AND MR. WARBURTON, ON THE SUBJECT OF MR. POPE’S ESSAY ON MAN PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE TO THE LONDON CHRONICLE, JANUARY 1, 1757. INTRODUCTION TO THE WORLD DISPLAYED. THE PREFACE TO THE PRECEPTOR, CONTAINING A GENERAL PLAN OF EDUCATION PREFACE TO ROLT’S DICTIONARY. PREFACE TO THE TRANSLATION OF FATHER LOBO’S VOYAGE TO ABYSSINIA. AN ESSAY ON EPITAPHS. FROM THE GENTLEMAN’S MAGAZINE. PREFACE TO AN ESSAY ON MILTON’S USE AND IMITATION OF THE MODERNS IN HIS PARADISE LOST. A LETTER TO THE REVEREND MR. DOUGLAS, OCCASIONED BY HIS VINDICATION OF MILTON. AN ACCOUNT OF AN ATTEMPT TO ASCERTAIN THE LONGITUDE. CONSIDERATIONS ON THE PLANS OFFERED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE. SOME THOUGHTS ON AGRICULTURE, BOTH ANCIENT AND MODERN, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE HONOUR DUE TO AN ENGLISH FARMER. FURTHER THOUGHTS ON AGRICULTURE. FROM THE VISITER FOR MARCH, 1756, P. 111. CONSIDERATION ON THE CORN LAWS. PREFACE TO THE GENTLEMAN’S MAGAZINE, 1738. AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLICK. FROM THE GENTLEMAN’S MAGAZINE, MARCH, 1739. LETTER ON FIREWORKS. PROPOSALS FOR PRINTING, BY SUBSCRIPTION, ESSAYS IN VERSE AND PROSE. A PROJECT FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF AUTHORS. PREFACE TO THE LITERARY MAGAZINE, 1756. A DISSERTATION UPON THE GREEK COMEDY, TRANSLATED FROM BRUMOY. GENERAL CONCLUSION TO BRUMOY’S GREEK THEATRE. DEDICATIONS. DR. JAMES’S MEDICINAL DICTIONARY, 3 VOLS. FOLIO. 1743. PREFACE TO NEW TABLES OF INTEREST THOUGHTS ON THE CORONATION OF HIS PRESENT MAJESTY, KING GEORGE THE THIRD. PREFACE TO THE ARTISTS’ CATALOGUE, FOR 1762. OPINIONS ON QUESTIONS OF LAW. CONSIDERATIONS ON THE CASE OF DR. T[RAPP]’S SERMONS. ON SCHOOL CHASTISEMENT. VITIOUS INTROMISSION. ON LAY PATRONAGE IN THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND. ON PULPIT CENSURE. REVIEWS. LETTER ON DU HALDE’S HISTORY OF CHINA, 1738. REVIEW OF THE ACCOUNT OF THE CONDUCT OF THE DUTCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH . REVIEW OF MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF AUGUSTUS; REVIEW OF FOUR LETTERS FROM SIR ISAAC NEWTON TO DR BENTLEY. REVIEW OF A JOURNAL OF EIGHT DAYS’ JOURNEY, REPLY TO A PAPER IN THE GAZETTEER OF MAY 26, 1757 . REVIEW OF AN ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS AND GENIUS OF POPE. REVIEW OF A FREE ENQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND ORIGIN OF EVIL . REVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, FOR IMPROVING OF NATURAL KNOWLEDGE, FROM ITS FIRST RISE. REVIEW OF THE GENERAL HISTORY OP POLYBIUS, IN FIVE BOOKS, TRANSLATED FROM THE GREEK, BY MR. HAMPTON. REVIEW OF MISCELLANIES ON MORAL AND RELIGIOUS SUBJECTS, IN PROSE AND VERSE; BY ELIZABETH HARRISON. ACCOUNT OF A BOOK ENTITLED AN HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL ENQUIRY OBSERVATIONS ON THE STATE OF AFFAIRS IN 1756 . AN INTRODUCTION TO THE POLITICAL STATE OF GREAT BRITAIN. OBSERVATIONS ON THE TREATY INTRODUCTION TO THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE, APPOINTED TO MANAGE THE CONTRIBUTIONS BEGUN AT LONDON, DECEMBER 18, 1758, FOR CLOTHING FRENCH PRISONERS OF WAR. ON THE BRAVERY OF THE ENGLISH COMMON SOLDIERS

PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS

CONTENTS PREFACE INTRODUCTION PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION IN 1785 PRAYERS AND MEDITATIONS SOME OPINIONS OF DR. JOHNSON ON THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION

The Novella

THE PRINCE OF ABISSINIA: A TALE

CONTENTS CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI CHAPTER XVII CHAPTER XVIII CHAPTER XIX CHAPTER XX CHAPTER XXI CHAPTER XXII CHAPTER XXIII CHAPTER XXIV CHAPTER XXV CHAPTER XXVI CHAPTER XXVII CHAPTER XXVIII CHAPTER XXIX CHAPTER XXX CHAPTER XXXI CHAPTER XXXII CHAPTER XXXIII CHAPTER XXXIV CHAPTER XXXV CHAPTER XXXVI CHAPTER XXXVII CHAPTER XXXVIII CHAPTER XXXIX CHAPTER XL CHAPTER XLI CHAPTER XLII CHAPTER XLIII CHAPTER XLIV CHAPTER XLV CHAPTER XLVI CHAPTER XLVII CHAPTER XLVIII CHAPTER XLIX

The Dictionary

PREFACE TO A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE SELECTED DICTIONARY ENTRIES

CONTENTS A A, B, C. C G I J K. M O P V

The Biographies

AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF MR RICHARD SAVAGE THE LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT ENGLISH POETS

CONTENTS PREFATORY NOTICE TO THE LIVES OF THE POETS. COWLEY DENHAM MILTON. BUTLER. ROCHESTER. ROSCOMMON OTWAY. WALLER POMFRET. DORSET. STEPNEY. J. PHILIPS. WALSH. DRYDEN. SMITH DUKE KING SPRAT HALIFAX PARNELL GARTH ROWE ADDISON HUGHES SHEFFIELD DUKE OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. PRIOR. CONGREVE. BLACKMORE. FENTON. GAY. GRANVILLE. YALDEN. TICKELL. HAMMOND. SOMERVILE. SAVAGE. SWIFT. BROOME. POPE. PITT. THOMSON. WATTS. A. PHILIPS. WEST. COLLINS. DYER. SHENSTONE. YOUNG. MALLET. AKENSIDE. GRAY. LYTTELTON.

THE LIVES OF EMINENT MEN

CONTENTS FATHER PAUL SARPI . BOERHAAVE. BLAKE. SIR FRANCIS DRAKE . BARRETIER . MORIN . BURMAN . SYDENHAM . CHEYNEL . CAVE . KING OF PRUSSIA . BROWNE. ASCHAM .

The Literary Criticism

MISCELLANEOUS OBSERVATIONS ON THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH PROPOSALS FOR PRINTING THE DRAMATICK WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE PREFACE TO THE PLAYS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

CONTENTS

NOTES TO SHAKESPEARE’S PLAYS

CONTENTS TRAGEDIES MACBETH CORIOLANUS JULIUS CAESAR ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA TIMON OF ATHENS TITUS ANDRONICUS TROILUS AND CRESSIDA CYMBELINE KING LEAR ROMEO AND JULIET HAMLET OTHELLO COMEDIES THE TEMPEST THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR MEASURE FOR MEASURE THE COMEDY OF ERRORS MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT’S DREAM THE MERCHANT OF VENICE AS YOU LIKE IT THE TAMING OF THE SHREW ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL TWELFTH-NIGHT THE WINTER’S TALE

GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE

CONTENTS THE TEMPEST. TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA. MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. MEASURE FOR MEASURE. LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST. MIDSUMMER-NIGHT’S DREAM. MERCHANT OF VENICE. AS YOU LIKE IT. TAMING OF THE SHREW. ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL. TWELFTH NIGHT. WINTER’S TALE. MACBETH. KING JOHN. KING RICHARD II. KING HENRY IV. PART II. KING HENRY V. KING HENRY VI. PART I. KING HENRY VI. PART III. KING RICHARD III. KING HENRY VIII. CORIOLANUS. JULIUS CAESAR. ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. TIMON OF ATHENS. TITUS ANDRONICUS. TROILUS AND CRESSIDA. CYMBELINE. KING LEAR. ROMEO AND JULIET. HAMLET. OTHELLO.

The Play

IRENE

CONTENTS PREFATORY NOTICE TO THE TRAGEDY OF IRENE. PROLOGUE. PERSONS OF THE DRAMA. ACT I. - SCENE I. SCENE II. SCENE III. SCENE IV. SCENE V. ACT II. - SCENE I. SCENE II. SCENE III. SCENE IV. SCENE V. SCENE VI. SCENE VII. ACT III. - SCENE I. SCENE II. SCENE III. SCENE IV. SCENE V. SCENE VI. SCENE VII. SCENE VIII. SCENE IX. SCENE X. SCENE XI. ACT IV. - SCENE I. SCENE II. SCENE III. SCENE IV. SCENE V. SCENE VI. SCENE VII. SCENE VIII. SCENE IX. ACT V. - SCENE I. SCENE II. SCENE III. SCENE IV. SCENE V. SCENE VI. SCENE VII. SCENE VIII. SCENE IX. SCENE X. SCENE XI. SCENE XII. SCENE XIII. EPILOGUE.

The Poems

LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. LONDON. THE VANITY OF HUMAN WISHES; PROLOGUE, SPOKEN BY MR. GARRICK, AT THE OPENING OF THE THEATRE-ROYAL, DRURY LANE, 1747. PROLOGUE; SPOKEN BY MR. GARRICK, APRIL 5, 1750, BEFORE THE MASQUE OF COMUS. PROLOGUE TO THE COMEDY OF THE GOOD-NATUR’D MAN, 1769, PROLOGUE TO THE COMEDY OF A WORK TO THE WISE SPOKEN BY MR. HULL. SPRING; AN ODE. MIDSUMMER; AN ODE. AUTUMN; AN ODE. WINTER; AN ODE. THE WINTER’S WALK. TO MISS **** ON HER GIVING THE AUTHOR A GOLD AND SILK NETWORK PURSE OF HER OWN WEAVING. TO MISS **** ON HER PLAYING UPON THE HARPSICHORD, IN A ROOM HUNG WITH FLOWER-PIECES OF HER OWN PAINTING. EVENING; AN ODE. TO STELLA. TO THE SAME. TO A FRIEND. STELLA IN MOURNING. TO STELLA. VERSES, WRITTEN AT THE REQUEST OF A GENTLEMAN, TO WHOM A LADY HAD GIVEN A SPRIG OF MYRTLE . TO LADY FIREBRACE. AT BURY ASSIZES. TO LYCE, AN ELDERLY LADY. ON THE DEATH OF MR. ROBERT LEVET, A PRACTISER IN PHYSICK. EPITAPHIUM IN THOMAM HANMER, BARONETTUM. PARAPHRASE OF THE ABOVE EPITAPH. BY DR. JOHNSON. TO MISS HICKMAN, PLAYING ON THE SPINET. PARAPHRASE OF PROVERBS, CHAP. VI. VERSES 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. HORACE, LIB. IV. ODE VII. TRANSLATED. ANACREON, ODE IX. LINES WRITTEN IN RIDICULE OF CERTAIN POEMS PUBLISHED IN 1777. PARODY OF A TRANSLATION. FROM THE MEDEA OF EURIPIDES. TRANSLATION FROM THE MEDEA OF EURIPIDES, V. 196 TRANSLATION OF THE FIRST TWO STANZAS OF THE SONG “RIO VERDE, RIO VERDE,” PRINTED IN BISHOP PERCY’S RELIQUES OF ANCIENT ENGLISH POETRY. IMITATION OF THE STYLE OF ****. BURLESQUE OF THE FOLLOWING LINES OF LOPEZ DE VEGA. AN IMPROMPTU. TRANSLATION OF THE FOLLOWING LINES AT THE END OF BARETTI’S EASY PHRASEOLOGY. AN IMPROMPTU. IMPROVISO TRANSLATION OF THE FOLLOWING DISTICH ON THE DUKE OF MODENA’S RUNNING AWAY FROM THE COMET IN 1742 OR 1743. IMPROVISO TRANSLATION OF THE FOLLOWING LINES OF M. BENSERADE A SON LIT. TRANSLATION OF THE FOLLOWING LINES, WRITTEN UNDER A PRINT REPRESENTING PERSONS SKATING. IMPROMPTU TRANSLATION OF THE SAME. TO MRS. THRALE, ON HER COMPLETING HER THIRTY-FIFTH YEAR. AN IMPROMPTU. IMPROMPTU TRANSLATION OF AN AIR IN THE CLEMENZA DI TITO OF METASTASIO, BEGINNING “DEH SE PIACERMI VUOI.” TRANSLATION OF A SPEECH OF AQUILEIO, IN THE ADRIANO OF METASTASIO, BEGINNING “TU CHE IN CORTE INVECCHIASTI.” BURLESQUE OF THE MODERN VERSIFICATIONS OF ANCIENT LEGENDARY TALES. AN IMPROMPTU. FRIENDSHIP; AN ODE. ON SEEING A BUST OF MRS. MONTAGUE. IMPROVISO ON A YOUNG HEIR’S COMING OF AGE EPITAPHS EPITAPH ON CLAUDE PHILLIPS, AN ITINERANT MUSICIAN. EPITAPH FOR MR. HOGARTH. AT LICHFIELD. H. S. E. MICHAEL JOHNSON, IN WATFORD CHURCH. IN STRETHAM CHURCH. IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY. IN STRETHAM CHURCH. POEMATA CHRISTIANUS PERFECTUS. JEJUNIUM ET CIBUS. IN RIVUM A MOLA STOANA LICHFELDIAE DIFFLUENTEM. AD THOMAM LAURENCE, MEDICUM DOCTISSIMUM, IN THEATRO, MARCH 8, 1771. INSULA KENNETHI, INTER HEBRIDAS. SKIA. ODE DE SKIA INSULA. SPES. VERSUS COLLARI CAPRAE DOMINI BANKS INSCRIBENDI. AD FOEMINAM QUANDAM GENEROSAM QUAE LIBERTATIS CAUSAE IN SERMONE PATROCINATA FUERAT. JACTURA TEMPORIS. IN ELIZAE AENIGMA. PSALMUS CXVII. E WALTONI PISCATORE PERFECTO EXCERPTUM. GRAECORTUM EPIGRAMMATUM VERSIONES METRICAE. POMPEII. EPICTETI. E THEOCRITO. EUR. MED. 193 - 203. SEPTEM AETATES. TRANSLATION OF DRYDEN’S EPIGRAM ON MILTON. EPILOGUE TO THE CARMEN SAECULARE OF HORACE; PERFORMED AT FREEMASONS’ HALL. TRANSLATION OF A WELSH EPITAPH (IN HERBERT’S TRAVELS) ON PRINCE MADOCK.

The Criticism

DR. JOHNSON AND HIS CIRCLE by John Bailey

CONTENTS CHAPTER I. JOHNSON AS A NATIONAL INSTITUTION CHAPTER II. THE GENIUS OF BOSWELL CHAPTER III. THE LIVES OF BOSWELL AND JOHNSON CHAPTER IV. JOHNSON’S CHARACTER AND CHARACTERISTICS CHAPTER V. JOHNSON’S WORKS CHAPTER VI. THE FRIENDS OF JOHNSON

SAMUEL JOHNSON by Richard Claverhouse Jebb SAMUEL JOHNSON by Leslie Stephen

CONTENTS CHAPTER I. CHILDHOOD AND EARLY LIFE. CHAPTER II. LITERARY CAREER. CHAPTER III. JOHNSON AND HIS FRIENDS. CHAPTER IV. JOHNSON AS A LITERARY DICTATOR. CHAPTER V. THE CLOSING YEARS OF JOHNSON’S LIFE. CHAPTER VI. JOHNSON’S WRITINGS.

STUDIES OF A BIOGRAPHER by Leslie Stephen

JOHNSONIANA

A POETICAL REVIEW OF THE LITERARY AND MORAL CHARACTER OF JOHNSON by John Courtenay

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION A POETICAL REVIEW &c.

SAMUEL JOHNSON by Nathaniel Hawthorne SAMUEL JOHNSON by C. E. Vaughan ANECDOTES OF THE LATE SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. by Hester Lynch Piozzi

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION AUTHOR’S PREFACE. ANECDOTES OF THE LATE SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.

THE REAL DR. JOHNSON by G. K. Chesterton A REMINISCENCE OF DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON by H. P. Lovecraft

The Biographies

THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON LL.D. by James Boswell

CONTENTS Volume I. 1709-1765 PREFACE. DEDICATION. ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FIRST EDITION. ADVERTISMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION. ADVERTISEMENT TO THE THIRD EDITION. A CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE OF THE PROSE WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. APPENDICES Volume II. 1765-1776 THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. APPENDICES APPENDIX A. APPENDIX B. (Page 312.) Volume III. 1776-1780 THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. APPENDICES Volume IV. 1780-1784 THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. APPENDICES Volume V. Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774) THE JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES WITH SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. BY JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ. DEDICATION. ADVERTISEMENT TO THE THIRD EDITION. THE JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES WITH SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. A JOURNEY INTO NORTH WALES, IN THE YEAR 1774. Volume VI. Addenda, Index, Dicta Philosophi, etc. TITLES OF MANY OF THE WORKS QUOTED IN THE NOTES. ADDENDA INDEX TO THE ADDENDA. INDEX DICTA PHILOSOPHI. A CONCORDANCE OF JOHNSON’S SAYINGS.

BOSWELL’S LIFE OF JOHNSON (ABRIDGED) by Charles Grosvenor Osgood

CONTENTS Preface Introduction The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

MACAULAY’S LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON by Baron Thomas Babington Macaulay

CONTENTS PREFATORY NOTE INTRODUCTION I. AN INTRODUCTION TO MACAULAY. (1800-1859) II. MACAULAY AND HIS LITERARY CONTEMPORARIES III. THE STUDY OF MACAULAY IV. MACAULAY ON JOHNSON V. REFERENCE BOOKS VI. CHRONOLOGY OF MACAULAY’S LIFE AND WORKS VII. CHRONOLOGY OF JOHNSON’S LIFE AND WORKS LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON FROM MACAULAY’S ESSAY ON CROKER’S EDITION OF BOSWELL’S LIFE OF JOHNSON

AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND GENIUS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON by ‎Arthur Murphy

The Delphi Classics Catalogue

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