A Chronological Catalogue of the Prose Works, &c. 17 1740. 1741. 1742. inscription in monkish rhyme, lately discovered near Lynne inNorfolk; by PROBUS BRITANNICUS. acknowl. For the Gentleman's Magazine. Life of Boerhaave. acknowl. Address to the Reader. intern. evid. Appeal to the Publick in behalf of the Editor. intern. evid. Considerations on the case of Dr. Trapp's Sermons; a plausible attempt to prove that an authour's work may be abridged without injuring his property. acknowl. For the Gentleman's Magazine. Preface. intern, evid. Life of Admiral Drake. acknowl. For the Gentleman's Magazine. Preface. intern. evid. A free translation of the Jests of Hierocles, with an introduction. intern. evid. Debate on the Humble Petition and Advice of the Rump Parliament to Cromwell in 1657, to assume the Title of King; abridged, methodized and digested. intern. evid. Translation of Abbé Guyon's Dissertation on the Amazons. intern. evid. Translation of Fontenelle's Panegyrick on Dr. Morin. intern. evid. For the Gentleman's Magazine. Preface. intern. evid. Essay on the Account of the Conduct of the Duchess of An Account of the Life of Peter Burman. acknowl. The Life of Sydenham, afterwards prefixed to Dr. Swan's Edition Proposals for printing Bibliotheca Harleiana, or a Catalogue of Essay on the Description of China, from the French of Du Halde. VOL. I. C 1743 1743. Dedication to Dr. Mead of Dr. James's Medicinal Dictionary. intern. evid. For the Gentleman's Magazine. Preface. intern. evid. Parliamentary Debates under the Name of Debates in the Senate of Lilliput, from Nov. 19, 1740, to Feb. 23, 1742—3, inclusive. acknowl. Considerations on the Dispute between Crousaz and Warburton on Pope's Essay on Man. intern. evid. A Letter announcing that the Life of Mr. Savage was speedily to be published by a person who was favoured with his Confidence. intern, evid. Advertisement for Osborne concerning the Harleian Catalogue. intern. evid. 1744. Life of Richard Savage. acknowl. Preface to the Harleian Miscellany. acknowl. For the Gentleman's Magazine. Preface. intern. evid. 1745. Miscellaneous Observations on the Tragedy of Macbeth, with remarks on Sir T. H.'s (Sir Thomas Hanmer's) Edition of Shakspeare, and proposals for a new Edition of that Poet. acknowl. 1747. Plan for a Dictionary of the ENGLISH LANGUAGE, addressed to Philip Dormer, Earl of Chesterfield. acknowl. For the Gentleman's Magazine. 1748. Life of Roscommon. acknowl. Foreign History, November. intern. evid. For Dodsley's PRECEPTOR. Preface. acknowl. Vision of Theodore the Hermit. acknowl. 1750. The RAMBLER, the first Paper of which was published 20th of March this year, and the last 17th of March 1752, the day on which Mrs. Johnson died. acknowl. Letter in the General Advertiser to excite the attention of the Preface and Postscript to Lauder's Pamphlet intitled, 'An Essay Prose Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. 19 1751. Life of Cheynel in the Miscellany called 'The Student.' acknowl. Letter for Lauder, addressed to the Reverend Dr. John Douglas, acknowledging his Fraud concerning Milton in Terms of suitable Contrition. acknowl. Dedication to the Earl of Middlesex of Mrs. Charlotte Lennox's 'Female Quixotte.' intern. evid. 1753. Dedication to John Earl of Orrery, of Shakspeare Illustrated, by Mrs. Charlotte Lennox. acknowl. During this and the following year he wrote and gave to his much loved friend Dr. Bathurst the Papers in the Adventurer, signed T. acknowl. 1754. Life of Edw. Cave in the Gentleman's Magazine. acknowl. 1755. A DICTIONARY, with a Grammar and History, of the ENGLISH LANGUAGE. acknowl. An Account of an Attempt to ascertain the Longitude at Sea, by an exact Theory of the Variations of the Magnetical Needle, with a Table of the Variations at the most remarkable Cities in Europe from the year 1660 to 1860. acknowl. This he wrote for Mr. Zachariah Williams, an ingenious ancient Welch Gentleman, father of Mrs. Anna Williams whom he for many years kindly lodged in his House. It was published with a Translation into Italian by Signor Baretti. In a Copy of it which he presented to the Bodleian Library at Oxford, is pasted a Character of the late Mr. Zachariah Williams, plainly written by Johnson. intern. evid. 1756. An Abridgement of his Dictionary. acknowl. Several Essays in the Universal Visitor, which there is some Life of Sir Thomas Browne prefixed to a new Edition of his The Female Quixote was published in 1752. See post, 1762, note. In the Literary Magazine; or, Universal Review, which began in January 1756. His Original Essays are Preliminary Address. intern. evid. An introduction to the Political State of Great Britain. intern. evid. Remarks on the Militia Bill. intern. evid. Observations on his Britannick Majesty's Treaties with the Observations on the Present State of Affairs. intern. evid. In the same Magazine his Reviews are of the following Books: 'Mrs. Lennox's Translation of Sully's Memoirs.'—' Letter on the Case of Admiral Byng.'-'Appeal to the People concerning Admiral Byng.'-'Hanway's Eight Days' Journey, and Essay on Tea.'-'Some further Particulars in Relation to the Case of Admiral Byng, by a Gentleman of Oxford.' acknowl. Mr. Jonas Hanway having written an angry Answer to the Dedication to the Earl of Rochford of, and Preface to, Mr. Payne's Introduction Prose Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. 21 Introduction to the London Chronicle, an Evening Paper which still subsists with deserved credit. acknowl. 1757. Speech on the Subject of an Address to the Throne after the Expedition to Rochefort; delivered by one of his Friends in some publick Meeting: it is printed in the Gentleman's Magazine for October 1785. intern. evid. The first two Paragraphs of the Preface to Sir William Chambers's 1758. THE IDLER, which began April 5, in this year, and was continued till April 5, 1760. acknowl. An Essay on the Bravery of the English Common Soldiers was added to it when published in Volumes. acknowl. 1759. Rasselas Prince of Abyssinia, a Tale. acknowl. Advertisement for the Proprietors of the Idler against certain. Persons who pirated those Papers as they came out singly in a Newspaper called the Universal Chronicle or Weekly Gazette. intern. evid. For Mrs. Charlotte Lennox's English Version of Brumoy,—'A Dissertation on the Greek Comedy,' and the General Conclusion of the Book. intern. evid. Introduction to the World Displayed, a Collection of Voyages Three Letters in the Gazetteer, concerning the best plan for 1760. Address of the Painters to George III. on his Accession to the Throne. intern, evid. Dedication of Baretti's Italian and English Dictionary to the Marquis of Abreu, then Envoy-Extraordinary from Spain at the Court of Great-Britain. intern. evid. Review in the Gentleman's Magazine of Mr. Tytler's acute and able Vindication of Mary Queen of Scots. acknowl. Introduction to the Proceedings of the Committee for Cloathing. the French Prisoners. acknowl. 1761. Preface to Rolt's Dictionary of Trade and Commerce. acknowl. Corrections and Improvements for Mr. Gwyn the Architect's Pamphlet, intitled "Thoughts on the Coronation of George III.' acknowl. 1762. Dedication to the King of the Reverend Dr. Kennedy's Complete System of Astronomical Chronology, unfolding the Scriptures, Quarto Edition. acknowl. Concluding Paragraph of that Work. intern. evid. Preface to the Catalogue of the Artists' Exhibition. intern. evid. |