THE WORKS O F Samuel Johnson, LL.D. IN ELEVEN VOLUMES. VOL. IX. LONDON: Printed for J. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Sons, L. Davis, MDCCLXXXVII. CONTENTS 99 Projectors injudiciously cenfured and applauded 45 The difficulty of forming confederacies 14 53 MISARGYRUS's account of his companions in the Flect 26 58 Prefumption of modern criticifm cenfured. Ancient poetry neceffarily obfcure. Examples from Horace 62 MISARGYRUS's account of his companions concluded 84 Folly of falfe pretences to importance. A journey in PHILOLOGICAL TRACTS. The Plan of an English Dictionary Preface to the English Dictionary Propofals for printing the Dramatick Works of William Shakespeare, printed in the year 1756 Preface to Shakespeare, published in the year 1768 General Obfervations on the Plays of Shakespeare An Account of the Harleian Library An Effay on the Origin and Importance of Small Tracts Some Account of a Book called The Life of Benvenuto A View of the Controverfy between Monf. Croufaz and Mr. Warburton, on the Subject of Mr. Pope's Effay Preliminary Difcourfe to the London Chronicle, January 1, Introduction to the World Difplayed |