April 14th 1792.

W O R K

S

OF THE

ENGLISH POET S.

WITH

PREFACES,

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL.

BY SAMUEL JOHNSON.

VOLUME THE SIXTY-NINTH.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY RIVINGTON AND MARSHALL,

FOR J. BUCKLAND, J. RIVINGTON AND SONS, T. PAYNE AND
SON, L. DAVIS, B. WHITE AND SON, T. LONGMAN, B. LAW,
J. DODSLEY, H. BALDWIN, J. ROBSON, C. DILLY, T. CADELL,
J. NICHOLS, J. JOHNSON, G. G. J. AND J. ROBINSON,
R. BALDWIN, H. L. GARDNER, P. ELMSLY, T. EVANS,
G. NICOL, LEIGH AND SOTHEBY, J. BEW, N. CONANT,
J. MURRAY, J. SEWELL, W. GOLDSMITH, W. RICHARDSON,
T. VERNOR, W. LOWNDES, W. BENT, W. OTRIDGE, T. AND
J. EGERTON, S. HAYES, R. FAULDER, J. EDWARDS, G. AND
T. WILKIE, W. NICOLL, OGILVY AND SPEARE, SCATCHERD
AND WHITAKER, W. FOX, C. STALKER, E. NEWBERY. 1790.

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THE

POE M S,

CHIEFLY

PASTORA L,

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JOHN CUNNINGHAM.

"Fælix ille, quem, femotum longe e ftrepitu et popu-
laribus undis, interdum molli rus accipit umbra!"

Silveftrem tenui mufam meditabor avena."

RAPIN.

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