The Life Of Samuel Johnson
By James Boswell
Published by George Routledge And Sons: London c1859 (undated)
Bound for Scotch College - Melbourne
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Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784), often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography calls him "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history"."
