The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol 19 : Biographical Writings: Soldiers, Scholars, and Friends.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Samuel.

Series:

The Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (616 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2016.

Summary:

Early biographies and other life writing by Samuel Johnson, performing in his favorite literary genre Well before publishing the Lives of the Poets, Samuel Johnson was an accomplished biographer, having written the lives of numerous scholars, scientists, philosophers, critics, and theologians (including Peter Burnham, Sir Thomas Browne, and.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Short Titles and Abbreviations

Paolo Sarpi's History of the Council of Trent

The Life of Dr. Herman Boerhaave

The Life of Admiral Robert Blake

The Life of Sir Francis Drake

An Account of the Life of John Philip Barretier

A Panegyric on Dr. Morin

Alexander the Physician

An Account of the Life of Peter Burman

The Life of Confucius

The Life of Dr. Thomas Sydenham

The Life of Richard Savage: Ancillary Writings

The Life of the Earl of Roscommon

The Life of Dr. Francis Cheynel

The Obituary and the Life of Edward Cave

Sir Thomas Browne's Christian Morals

Memoirs of the King of Prussia

The English Works of Roger Ascham

Character of William Collins

Character of the Reverend Zachariah Mudge

Note on the Honourable Archibald Campbell

Notes for a Biographical Notice of Dr. Styan Thirlby

Three Obituary Notices

Remarks on John Gay's Monument

An Essay on Epitaphs

Epitaphs

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Appendix D

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

0-300-30587-7