The Works of Samuel Johnson

THE

WORKS

OF

Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

A NEW EDITION

IN TWELVE VOLUMES.

WITH

AN ESSAY ON HIS LIFE AND GENIUS,

By ARTHUR MURPHY, Esq.

VOLUME THE SECOND.

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CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME,

PHILOLOGICAL TRACTS.

Page

THE Plan of an English Dictionary

3

Preface to the English Dictionary

31

Proposals for printing the Works of Shakespeare