of

Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

A NEW EDITION,

IN TWELVE VOLUME S.

WITH

AN ESSAY ON HIS LIFE AND GENIUS,

BY ARTHUR MURPHY, Esq.

VOLUME THE SECOND.

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Το THE

SECOND VOLUM E.

THE

I PHILOLOGICAL TRACTS.

THE Plan of an English Dictionary - -

Preface to the English Dictionary - 30

Proposals for printing the Works of Shakespeare . 68

Preface to Ditto - - - .. 77

General Observations on Shakespeare's Plays - 141

Account of the Harleian Library - - • 171

Esay on the Origin and Importance of Fugitive Pieces 184

Account of the Life of Benvenuto Cellini - · 195

View of the Controversy between Groufaz and War

burton - - - - - - - 198

Preliminary Discourse to the London Chronicle, 1757 203

Introduction to the World Displayed - ' • 208

Preface to the Preceptor - • - - 235

Preface to Rolt's Dictionary . . . - 256

Preface to the Translation of Father Lobo's Voyage 265

Ejay on Epitaphs . - : : 270

POLITICAL ESSAYS.

Observations on the State of Affairs in 1756 - - 281

Introduction to the Political State of Great Britain 284