BOHN'S STANDARD LIBRARY.

JOHNSON'S

LIVES OF THE POETS.

JOHNSON'S

LIVES OF THE POETS.

EDITED, WITH NOTES, BY

MRS. ALEXANDER NAPIER.

AND AN INTRODUCTION BY

J. W. HALES, M.A.,

PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH LITERATURE IN KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON, AND
CLARK LECTURER AT TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.

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