The lives of the most eminent English poets
Subtitle: with critical observations on their works
By: by Samuel Johnson, LL.D. ; to which are added a life of the author and his poetical works ; in four volumes
Contributors: Hill, Peter, publisher; Lyon, Frank, former owner; Donald and Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson (Houghton Library)
Publisher: Printed for Peter Hill ...
Published: 1815
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Subjects: English Poets; Biography; English poetry; History and criticism
Other titles: Johnson's Lives of the poets
Work titles: Lives of the English poets
Notes: Fleeman, J.D.  Johnson, 79.4LP/25
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Life of Dr. Johnson. Cowley. Denham. Milton. Butler. Rochester. Roscommon. Otway. Waller. Pomfret. Dorset. Stepney. J. Phillips. Walsh; title: v. 2. Dryden. Smith. Duke. King. Sprat. Halifax. Parnell. Garth. Rowe. Addison. Hughes. Sheffield. Prior. Congreve; title: v. 3. Blackmore. Fenton. Gay. Granville. Yalden. Tickell. Hammond. Somervile. Savage. Swift. Broome. Young. Collins; title: v. 4. Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A. Philips. West. Dyer. Shenstone. Mallet. Akenside. Gray. Lyttelton. Johnson's poetical works.