PREFACES, BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL,

BY SAMUEL JOHNSON.

VOLUME THE FIFTY-FIFTH.

LONDON:

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FOR C.BATHURST, J. BUCKLAND, W. STRAHAN, J. RIVING
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B. LAW, E. AND C. DILLY, J. DODSLEY, H. BALDWIN,
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T. BECKET, G. ROBINSON, T. CADELL, W. DAVIS,
J. NICHOLS, F. NEWBERY, T. EVANS, J. RID-
LEY, R. BALDWIN, G. NICOL, LEIGH AND
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J. MURRAY, W. FOX, J. BOWEN.

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