THE

WORKS

OF

SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.

A NEW EDITION

IN TWELVE VOLUMES.

WITH

AV ESSAY ON HIS LIFE AND GENIUS,

BY ARTHUR MURPHY, Esq.

VOLUME THE SECOND.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON; G. AND W. NICOL; T. EGERTON ;

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1823.

ISH.

OXFORD
UNIV.

CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME,

68

PHILOLOGICAL TRACTS.

Page

THE Plan of an English Dictionary

- 3

Preface to the English Dictionary

31

Proposals for printing the Works of Shakespeare

Preface to Ditto

77

General Observations on Shakespeare's Plays - 141

Account of the Harleian Library

- 171

Essay on the Origin and Importance of Fugitive Pieces 184

Account of the Life of Benvenuto Cellini

194

View of the Controversy between Crousaz and Warburton 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

Essay on Epitaphs

- 270

POLITICAL ESSAYS.

Observations on the State of Affairs in 1756 -

Introduction to the Political State of Great Britain

. 281

294

MISCELLANEOUS ESSAYS.

Review of Memoirs of the Court of Augustus - 319

Review of Four Letters from Sir Isaac Newton to Dr.

Bentley

328

Review of a Journal of Eight Days Journey from Ports-

mouth to Kingston upon Thames, &c.

Reply to a Paper in the Gazetteer

-

-

Page

- 333

349

Review of an Essay on the Writings and Genius of Pope 357

Introduction to the Proceedings of the Committee for

cloathing French Prisoners of War

- 368

On the Bravery of the English Common Soldiers

Considerations on the Plans for the Construction of

Black Friars Bridge

-

371

-

375

Some Thoughts on Agriculture, Ancient and Modern - 384

Further Thoughts on Agriculture

The Vision of Theodore, the Hermit of Teneriffe

APPENDIX.

- 391

- 398

Miscellaneous Observations on the Tragedy of Macbeth,

&c.