Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

A NEW EDITION,

IN TWELVE VOLUMES.

WITH

AN ESSAY ON HIS LIFE AND GENIUS,

BY ARTHUR MURPHY, Esq.

VOLUME THE SECOND.

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THE

SECOND VOL U M E.

PHILOLOGICAL TRACTS.

Page

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'HE Plan of an English Dictionary

3

Preface to the English Dictionary

31

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

Ejay on the Origin and Importance of Fugitive Pieces 184

Account of the Life of Benvenuto Cellini

· 195

View of the Controversy between Crousaz 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 10 the Political State of Great Britain 284