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Title: A Poetical Review of the Literary and Moral Character of the late Samuel Johnson (1786)

Author: John Courtenay

Editor: Robert E. Kelley

Release Date: July 5, 2009 [EBook #29324]

Language: English

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THE AUGUSTAN REPRINT SOCIETY

John Courtenay

A
POETICAL REVIEW
OF THE LITERARY
AND MORAL CHARACTER
OF THE LATE
_SAMUEL JOHNSON_

(1786)

_Introduction by_
ROBERT E. KELLEY

PUBLICATION NUMBER 133

WILLIAM ANDREWS CLARK MEMORIAL LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES

1969

GENERAL EDITORS
William E. Conway, _William Andrews Clark Memorial Library_
George Robert Guffey, _University of California, Los Angeles_
Maximillian E. Novak, _University of California, Los Angeles_

ASSOCIATE EDITOR
David S. Rodes, _University of California, Los Angeles_

ADVISORY EDITORS
Richard C. Boys, _University of Michigan_
James L. Clifford, _Columbia University_
Ralph Cohen, _University of Virginia_
Vinton A. Dearing, _University of California, Los Angeles_
Arthur Friedman, _University of Chicago_
Louis A. Landa, _Princeton University_
Earl Miner, _University of California, Los Angeles_
Samuel H. Monk, _University of Minnesota_
Everett T. Moore, _University of California, Los Angeles_
Lawrence Clark Powell, _William Andrews Clark Memorial Library_
James Sutherland, _University College, London_
H. T. Swedenberg, Jr., _University of California, Los Angeles_
Robert Vosper, _William Andrews Clark Memorial Library_

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
Edna C. Davis, _William Andrews Clark Memorial Library_

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT
Mary Kerbret, _William Andrews Clark Memorial Library_

INTRODUCTION

The eighteenth century was an age addicted to gossiping about its
literary figures. This ad