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vi LIVES OF THE
ENGLISH POETS

BY SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.

EDITED BY

GEORGE BIRKBECK HILL, D.C.L.

SONETIME HONORARY FELLOW OF PEMBROKE COLLEGE, OXFORD

WITH BRIEF MEMOIR OF DR. BIRKBECK HILL, BY HIS NEPHEW

HAROLD SPENCER SCOTT, M.A., NEW COLLEGE, OXFORD

HENRY FROWDE, M.A. PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

LONDON, EDINBURGH
NEW YORK AND TORONTO

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CONTENTS OF VOLUME I

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LIVES OF THE ENGLISH POETS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER

PREFATORY NOTE TO THE PRESENT EDITION . .

ADDENDA AND CORRIGENDA . . . . . .

BRIEF MEMOIR OF DR. BIRKBECK HILL, WITH BIBLIO-

GRAPHY . . . . . . . . . .

AUTHOR'S ADVERTISEMENT TO THE THIRD EDITION .

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LIVES OF THE POETS

* COWLEY . . . . . . . .

Appendices A to G . . . . .

• DENHAM . . . .

Appendix H . . . . . . .

MILTON . . . :

Appendices I to P. . . . . .

BUTLER · · ·

ROCHESTER . . . . . . .

ROSCOMMON .

OTWAY . . .

WALLER . . . .

POMFRET. ..

DORSET . .

STEPNEY . . . . . . .

PHILIPS, J. . . .

WALSH . .

DRYDEN . .

Appendices Q to X, A*, B* . . . .