Oxford English Classics.

DR. JOHNSON'S WORKS.

MISCELLANEOUS PIECES.

PRINTED FOR WILLIAM PICKERING, LONDON;
AND TALBOYS AND WHEELER, OXFORD.

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CONTENTS OF THE FIFTH VOLUME. *

MISCELLANEOUS PIECES.

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THE plan of an English dictionary.

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Preface to the English dictionary

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Observations on the tragedy of Macbeth

• Proposals for printing the works of Shakespeare.

Preface to Shakespeare......

General observations on the plays of Shakespeare.

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Account of the Harleian library ....

Essay on the importance of small tracts .....

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Preface to the catalogue of the Harleian library, vol. iii.

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Controversy between Crousaz and Warburton

Preliminary discourse to the London Chronicle

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Introduction to the World Displayed ............

Preface to the Preceptor, containing a general plan of education....

Preface to an Essay on Milton's Use and Imitation of the Moderns in

his Paradise Lost

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Letter to the Rev. Mr. Douglas, occasioned by his vindication of Milton,

Considerations on the plans offered for the construction of Blackfriars

bridge....

303

Some thoughts on agriculture, both ancient and modern; with an account

of the honour due to an English farmer ...

310

Further thoughts on agriculture

Considerations on the corn laws

A complete vindication of the licensers of the stage from the malicious and

scandalous aspersions of Mr. Brooke

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