OF THE

JOHNSON's LAVES
ENGLISH POETS,

ABRIDGED:

WITH

NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS

BY THE EDITOR.

DESIGNED FOR

THE IMPROVEMENT OF YOUTH

IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF

POLITE LITERATURE,
.

AND AS
A USEFUL AND PLEASING COMPENDIUM FOI,

PERSONS OF RIPER YEARS.

To which is prefixed,
SOME ACCOUNT

OF THE
LIFE OF DR. JOHNSON.

LONDON:
PRINTED FOR E. NEWBERY, AT THE CORNER OF
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD.

1797.