THE WORKS OF Samuel Johnson, LL.D. A NEW EDITION, IN TWELVE VOLUMES. WITH AN ESSAY ON HIS LIFE AND GENIUS, BY ARTHUR MURPHY, Esq. VOLUME THE EIGHTH. LONDON: Printed by Luke Hansard & Sons, near Lincoln's-Inn Fields, For J. Nichols & Son ; R. Baldwin ; F. & C. Rivington; Otridge & Son; A. Strahan; OF THE EIGHTH VOLUME. MISCELLANEOUS ESSAY S. PREFACE to an Essay on Milton's Use and Imi- tation of the Moderns in his Paradise Lost Letter to the Rev. Mr. Douglas, occasioned by his Vindication of Milton. To which are subjoined several curious original Letters from the Au- thors of the Universal History, Mr. Ainsworth, and Mr. Maclaurin, &c. By William Lauder, A. M. First printed in the Year 1751 POLITICAL TRACTS. page - 155 |