The Works of Samuel Johnson


A Voyage to Abyssinia  (trans., 1735)
Complete (1789) - Google Books
Complete - Project Gutenberg


London: A Poem  (1738)
Complete - Jack Lynch, Rutgers


A Complete Vindication of the Licensers of the Stage  (1739)
Complete - Google Books


Marmor Norfolciense: or an essay on an ancient prophetical inscription,
in monkish rhyme, lately discover'd near Lynn in Norfolk
.  (1739)

Complete - Google Books


The Life of Admiral Blake  (1740)
[reprinted from The Gentleman's Magazine, June 1740]
Complete - Google Books


An Account of the Life of Mr. Richard Savage  (1744)
Complete (1777) - Google Books
Complete - Jack Lynch, Rutgers


Introduction to The Harleian Miscellany  (1744-46)
Complete - Google Books


Miscellaneous Observations on the Tragedy of Macbeth  (1745)
Complete - Google Books


Prologue Spoken at the Opening of the Theatre in Drury-Lane  (1747)
Complete - UToronto


The Plan of an English Dictionary  (1747)
Complete - Google Books
Complete - Jack Lynch, Rutgers


The Tragedy of Irene  (1749)
Complete - Google Books


The Vanity of Human Wishes  (1749)
Complete - Renascence Editions
Complete - Jack Lynch, Rutgers


Essays in The Rambler, Nos. 1-208.  (1750-52)
[with the exception of five, all essays by Johnson]
Nos. 1 - 70 - Google Books
Nos. 71 - 140 - Google Books
Nos. 141 - 208 - Google Books
[ Selections ] - UVA
[ No. 60 ] - Frank Lynch
[ No. 134 ] - Frank Lynch


Contributions to The Adventurer  (1752-54)
[140 numbers from Nov. 7, 1752, to March 9, 1754,
with contributions by Johnson, Richard Bathurst
and Joseph Warton as the principal contributors.]
Nos. 1 - 35 - Google Books
Nos. 36-70 - Google Books
Nos. 71 - 105 - Google Books
Nos. 106 - 140 - Google Books
[ No. 137 ] - Frank Lynch
[ No. 138 ] - Frank Lynch


A Dictionary of the English Language  (1755)
Facsimile of the 1768 3rd Edition - Google Books
[ Preface ] - Jack Lynch
[ Letter to Chesterfield on the Dictionary ]


Essays in The Idler  (1758-1760)
[104 numbers 15 April 1758 - 5 April 1760; all but twelve by Johnson]
[ Select Essays ] - Google Books
[ No. 22; "The Vulture" ] - Frank Lynch


Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia  (1759)
Complete - Google Books
Complete - Jack Lynch, Rutgers


The Life of Ascham  (1761)
[from The English works of Roger Ascham, 1761]
Complete - Google Books
Complete - Jack Lynch, Rutgers


The Plays of William Shakespeare, 8 vol. (1765)
[ Johnson's Preface to his Edition ] - UToronto
Vol 1 - Google Books
Vol 2 - Google Books
Vol 3 - Google Books
Vol 4 - Google Books
Vol 5 - Google Books
Vol 6 - Google Books
Vol 7 - Google Books
Vol 8 - Google Books


The Fountains: A Fairy Tale  (1766)
Complete - Google Books
Complete - Catherine Dille


The False Alarm  (1770)
Complete - Google Books
Complete - Frank Lynch


Thoughts on the Late Transactions Respecting Falkland's Islands  (1771)
Complete - Google Books
Complete - Frank Lynch


The Patriot  (1774)
Complete - Google Books
Complete - Frank Lynch


A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland  (1775)
Complete - Google Books
Complete - UAdelaide
[ Selections ] - Jack Lynch


Taxation No Tyranny  (1775)
Complete - Google Books
Complete - Frank Lynch


The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets  (1779-81)
[Originally published in 10 vols.]
Vol III of X (1781 1st Ed.) - Google Books
Vol 1 of 3 (1854 Cunningham ed.) - Google Books
Vol 2 of 3(1854 Cunningham ed.) - Google Books
Vol 3 of 3 (1854 Cunningham ed.) - Google Books
Various e-text editions - Project Gutenberg
Select Lives - Jack Lynch, Rutgers


Prayers and Meditations  (1785)
Complete - Google Books
[ Selections ] - Jack Lynch


Debates in Parliament  (2 vols; pub. 1787)
[Written by William Guthrie, edited by Samuel Johnson;
First appeared in The Gentleman's Magazine in 1738]
Vol I - Archive.org
Vol II - Archive.org
Vol 2 - Google Books
[ Selections ] - Frank Lynch


Sermons  (pub. 1820)
Vol 1 - Google Books
[ Sermon IV ] - Frank Lynch


Other Works
Letters of Samuel Johnson - Archive.org
An Introduction to the Political State of Great Britain (1756) - Frank Lynch
Observations on the Present State of Affairs (1756) - Jack Lynch
Johnson's Reviews - Google Books
Miscellaneous Tracts and Dedications - Google Books
Lectures, Essays, and Sermons - Google Books
On the Death of Dr. Robert Levet - Jack Lynch
One-and-Twenty - Bartleby.com

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