The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
Together with his Life, and Notes on his Lives of the Poets
Volume 10
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- Author: Samuel Johnson
- Editor: John Hawkins
- Date Published: June 2011
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108031806
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Dr Samuel Johnson (1709–84) is regarded as one of the outstanding figures of English literature, as a poet, essayist, moralist, critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer. This collected edition of his works - commissioned by the publisher within hours of Johnson's death, such was his celebrity - was published in 1787 in eleven volumes, edited by his literary executor, the musicologist Sir John Hawkins. Volume 10 contains a mixture of items – political tracts on taxation and current affairs; miscellaneous short works including book reviews and papers on agriculture, French prisoners of war, and the building of Blackfriars' Bridge; and A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland. These show the range of his interests and the ease with which he could turn his pen to any topic.
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- Date Published: June 2011
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108031806
- length: 534 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 30 mm
- weight: 0.67kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Political Tracts: The false alarm [1770]
Thoughts on the late transactions respecting Falkland's Islands [1771]
The patriot, addressed to the electors of Great Britain [1774]
Taxation no tyranny, an answer to the resolutions and address of the American Congress [1775]
Political Essays: Observations on the state of affairs in 1756
An introduction to the political state of Great Britain, written in the year 1756
Miscellaneous Essays: Review of the Memoirs of the Court of Augustus, by Thomas Blackwell
Review of four letters from Sir Isaac Newton to Dr. Bentley, containing some arguments in proof of a deity
Review of a philosophical enquiry into the origin of our ideas of the sublime and beautiful
Review of a free enquiry into the nature and origin of evil
Review of A Journal of eight days journey, from Portsmouth to Kingston upon Thames ... by Mr. H****
Reply to a paper in the Gazetteer of May 26th, 1757
Introduction to the proceedings of the committee appointed to manage the contributions begun at London, December 18th, 1758, for cloathing French prisoners of war
On the bravery of the English common soldiers
Considerations on the plans offered for the construction of Black Friars Bridge, in three letters to the printer of the Gazetteer, 1759
Some thoughts on agriculture, both ancient and modern
Further thoughts on agriculture
A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland.
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