Life of Johnson, Volume 4 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 744 pages of information about Life of Johnson, Volume 4.

Life of Johnson, Volume 4 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 744 pages of information about Life of Johnson, Volume 4.

’PHILOSOPHY, HISTORY, and LITERATURE in general.

History of Criticism, as it relates to judging of authours, from Aristotle to the present age.  An account of the rise and improvements of that art; of the different opinions of authours, ancient and modern.

’Translation of the History of Herodian.

’New edition of Fairfax’s Translation of Tasso, with notes, glossary, &c.

’Chaucer, a new edition of him, from manuscripts and old editions, with various readings, conjectures, remarks on his language, and the changes it had undergone from the earliest times to his age, and from his to the present:  with notes explanatory of customs, &c., and references to Boccace, and other authours from whom he has borrowed, with an account of the liberties he has taken in telling the stories; his life, and an exact etymological glossary.

’Aristotle’s Rhetorick, a translation of it into English.

’A Collection of Letters, translated from the modern writers, with some account of the several authours.

’Oldham’s Poems, with notes, historical and critical.

’Roscommon’s Poems, with notes.

’Lives of the Philosophers, written with a polite air, in such a manner as may divert as well as instruct.

’History of the Heathen Mythology, with an explication of the fables, both allegorical and historical; with references to the poets.

’History of the State of Venice, in a compendious manner.

’Aristotle’s Ethicks, an English translation of them, with notes.

’Geographical Dictionary, from the French.

’Hierocles upon Pythagoras, translated into English, perhaps with notes.  This is done by Norris.

’A book of Letters, upon all kinds of subjects.

’Claudian, a new edition of his works, cum notis variorum, in the manner of Burman.

’Tully’s Tusculan Questions, a translation of them.

’Tully’s De Natura Deorum, a translation of those books.

’Benzo’s New History of the New World, to be translated.

’Machiavel’s History of Florence, to be translated.

’History of the Revival of Learning in Europe, containing an account of whatever contributed to the restoration of literature; such as controversies, printing, the destruction of the Greek empire, the encouragement of great men, with the lives of the most eminent patrons and most eminent early professors of all kinds of learning in different countries.

’A Body of Chronology, in verse, with historical notes.

’A Table of the Spectators, Tatlers, and Guardians, distinguished by figures into six degrees of value, with notes, giving the reasons of preference or degradation.

’A Collection of Letters from English authours, with a preface giving some account of the writers; with reasons for selection, and criticism upon styles; remarks on each letter, if needful.

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