The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Eleven Volumes, Volume 06 / Reviews, Political Tracts, and Lives of Eminent Persons
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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Western literary study fl...
Chapters (43)
- DR. JOHNSON'S WORKS. REVIEWS, POLITICAL TRACTS,
- CONTENTS OF THE SIXTH VOLUME.
- REVIEWS.
- LETTER ON DU HALDE'S HISTORY OF CHINA, 1738.
- REVIEW OF THE ACCOUNT OF THE CONDUCT OF THE DUTCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH [1].
- REVIEW OF MEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF AUGUSTUS;
- REVIEW OF FOUR LETTERS FROM SIR ISAAC NEWTON TO DR BENTLEY,
- REVIEW OF A JOURNAL OF EIGHT DAYS' JOURNEY,
- REPLY TO A PAPER IN THE GAZETTEER OF MAY 26, 1757 [5].
- REVIEW [7] OF AN ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS AND GENIUS OF POPE.
- REVIEW OF A FREE ENQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND ORIGIN OF EVIL [10].
- REVIEW OF THE HISTORY OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, FOR IMPROVING OF
- REVIEW OF THE GENERAL HISTORY OP POLYBIUS,
- REVIEW OF MISCELLANIES ON MORAL AND RELIGIOUS SUBJECTS,
- ACCOUNT OF A BOOK ENTITLED AN HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL ENQUIRY
- MARMOR NORFOLCIENSE:
- OBSERVATIONS ON THE STATE OF AFFAIRS IN 1756 [23].
- AN INTRODUCTION TO THE POLITICAL STATE OF GREAT BRITAIN.
- OBSERVATIONS ON THE TREATY
- INTRODUCTION TO THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE,
- ON THE BRAVERY OF THE ENGLISH COMMON SOLDIERS [28],
- POLITICAL TRACTS.
- PREFATORY OBSERVATIONS TO POLITICAL TRACTS.
- THE FALSE ALARM. 1770.
- PREFATORY OBSERVATIONS ON FALKLAND'S ISLANDS.
- THOUGHTS ON THE LATE TRANSACTIONS RESPECTING FALKLAND'S ISLANDS. 1771.
- THE PATRIOT. [30]
- TAXATION NO TYRANNY;
- LIVES OF EMINENT PERSONS.
- FATHER PAUL SARPI [33].
- BOERHAAVE.
- BLAKE.
- SIR FRANCIS DRAKE [44].
- BARRETIER [45].
- MORIN [47].
- BURMAN [50].
- SYDENHAM [52].
- CHEYNEL [54].
- CAVE [59].
- KING OF PRUSSIA [63].
- BROWNE.
- ASCHAM [89].
- FOOTNOTES
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