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THE WORKS

OF THE

POETS

OF

GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND ;

WITH

PREFACES

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL.

VOLUME THE FIRST.

CONTAINING THE

LIVES.

BY DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR ANDREW MILLER STRAND.

1800.