THE

LIVES

THE MOST EMINENT

ENGLISH POETS ;

WITH

CRITICAL OBSERVATIONS

ON THEIR

WORKS.

BY SAMUEL JOHNSON, L.L.D.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

CHARLESTOWN.

PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY S. ETHERIDGE, Jun'r.

1810,

KARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY

3.

CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

Page.

PRIOR, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

CONGREVE, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

BLACKMORE, .................... 33

FENTON, ..................... 49 -

GAY, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

GRANVILLE, ............... .... 67

YALDEN, ...................... 75

TICKELL, ..................... 79

HAMMOND, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

SOMERVILE, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

SAVAGE, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

SWIFT, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

BROOME, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

POPE, ....................... 211

PITT, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

THOMSON, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

WATTS, ............. ........ 341

A. PHILIPS, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

WEST, . . . . . . . . . . . · ·

357

COLLINS, ..................... 361

DYER, ...................... 367

SHENSTONE, .................... 371

YOUNG, : ..................... 379

MALLET, ..................... 421

AKENSIDE, .................... 426

GRAY, ................ ....... 432

LYTTELTON, ........