BOSWELL'S

LIFE OF JOHNSON

INCLUDING BOSWELL'S JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE Hebrides

AND JOHNSON'S DIARY OF A JOURNEY INTO NORTH WALES

EDITED BY

GEORGE BIRKBECK HILL, D.C.L.

PEMBROKE COLLEGE, OXFORD

IN SIX VOLUMES

VOLUME III.-LIFE (1776-1780)

20XFORD

AT THE CLARENDON PRESS

M DCCC LXXXVII

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LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. (MARCH 1776–OCT. 1780). 1-442

APPENDICES:

A. GEORGE PSALMANAZAR

B. JOHNSON'S TRAVELS AND LOVE OF TRAVELLING

C. ELECTION OF LORD MAYORS OF LONDON

D. THE INMATES OF JOHNSON'S HOUSE

E. BOSWELL'S LETTERS OF ACCEPTANCE OF THE OFFICE

OF SECRETARY FOR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE TO

THE ROYAL ACADEMY

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