Macaulay's and Carlyle's Essays on Samuel Johnson

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. [The first great authorities for the lives of the two are Boswell''s Life of Johnson and Tour to the Hebrides. Besides the great literary excellence of these works, their veracity and accuracy are unquestioned. The ...