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    • The sources of the quotes on this website are listed below. They are not the best sources (you'd be better off referring to the Yale editions for your term paper!!), but the sources here are in the public domain.

    Boswell: Life: Boswell, James. The Life Of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Everyman's Library (Knopf), New York. (This book follows Malone's 6th edition, 1811. Knopf does not claim copyright.)

    Johnson: Adventurer: Johnson, Samuel. The Adventurer. From "The Works of Samuel Johnson," volume 11 of 12; 1823 (printed for a consortium of many publishers — F., C., and J. Rivington; G. and W. Nicol; et al.

    Johnson: Drake: Johnson, Samuel. Sir Francis Drake. The Works of Samuel Johnson; Literary Club, volume 14; Troy, New York (1903).

    Johnson: The False Alarm: Johnson, Samuel. The False Alarm. The Works of Samuel Johnson; Literary Club, volume 14; Troy, New York (1903).

    Johnson: Idler essays: Durell's Edition; New York (1811).

    Johnson: Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland: Johnson, Samuel. A Journey to the Hebrides. The Works of Samuel Johnson; Literary Club, volume 15; Troy, New York (1903).

    Johnson: The Patriot: Johnson, Samuel. The Patriot. The Works of Samuel Johnson; Literary Club, volume 14; Troy, New York (1903).

    Johnson: Lives of the Poets Johnson, Samuel: The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets. For Milton, I've used the 1905 edition edited by George Birkbeck Hill, and printed by Oxford; all others come from an edition by Methuen and Co, London, 1896.

    Johnson: Rambler essays Johnson, Samuel: The Rambler (three volumes) Thomas Tegg, London, 1826.

    Johnson: Rasselas: Johnson, Samuel. The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia. A. L. Burt Company, New York, 1910-ish. [This edition has modernized spellings; for instance, we see 'public' rather than 'publick.' I have cleaned the typos I've spotted.]

    Johnson: Taxation No Tyranny: Johnson, Samuel. Taxation No Tyranny. The Works of Samuel Johnson; Literary Club, volume 14; Troy, New York (1903).

    Johnson: Thoughts on the Late Transactions Respecting Falkland's Islands: Johnson, Samuel. Thoughts on the Late Transactions Respecting Falkland's Islands. The Works of Samuel Johnson; Literary Club, volume 14; Troy, New York (1903).

    Piozzi: Anecdotes: Piozzi, Hester Lynch [Thrale]. Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D., during the Last Twenty Years of his Life. Reprinted in "Johnsonian Miscellanies," edited by George Birkbeck Hill; 1897, Clarendon Press.

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