The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

THE

WORKS

OF

SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.

A NEW EDITION.

IN TEN VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

POEMS

AND PHILOLOGICAL TRACTS.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR G. OFFOR, TOWER-HILL; J. REID, BERWICK ;
J. FINLAY, NEWCASTLE; W. BARNES, NORTH SHIELDS;
J. GRAHAM, SUNDERLAND; G. ANDREWS, DURHAM; AND
J. GRAHAM, ALNWICK.

OF

Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane

The Vanity of Human Wishes

Prologue spoken by Mr. Garrick, at the opening of the

Irene

Prologue to the Masque of Comus

Prologue to the Comedy of the Good-natured Man

Prologue to the Comedy of a Word to the Wise

on her giving the Author a Gold and Silk

Net-work Purse of her own weaving.

102

To Miss ****

To a Friend

on her playing upon the Harpsichord in a

Room hung with Flower-pieces of her own Painting

Evening: an Ode. To Stella

To the same

Verses written at the Request of a Gentleman to whom a

Paraphrase of Proverbs, Chap. vi. Verses 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11

Horace, Lib. IV. Ode VII. translated

Lines written in Ridicule of certain Poems published in

1777

117

Parody of a Translation from the Medea of Euripides

Translation of the two first Stanzas of the Song "Rio.

Verde, Rio Verde"

Imitation of the Style of ****

ib.

118

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