The most comprehensive collection of Samuel Johnson quotes on the web. Over 1, 500 quotes from the great English lexicographer and essayist Samuel Johnson, indexed by topic.

A directory of links to information about the life and writings of Samuel Johnson.

Text of Boswell's "Life of Johnson."

The Age of Johnson: A Scholarly Annual The Age of Johnson is edited by Paul J. Korshin and Jack Lynch. Information for submissions and subscriptions is available on-line. Contents of Recent Volumes Volume 6 (1994) Volume 7 (1996) Volume 8 (1997) Volume 9 (1998) Volume 10 (1999) Volume 11 (2000) Volume 12 (2001) ...

The Life of Ascham By Samuel Johnson Edited by Jack Lynch The text is scanned from Johnson's 1825 Oxford Works. Small capitals appear here as regular capitals. Please send suggestions and corrections to jlynch@andromeda.rutgers.edu. IT often happens to writers, that they are known only by their works; the incidents of a literary life are seldom observed, and, therefore, seldom recounted: but ...

Next only to William Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson is perhaps the most quoted of English writers. The latter part of the eighteenth century is often (in English-speaking countries, of course) called, simply, the Age of Johnson. Johnson was born in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, in 1709. His mother did not have enough milk for him, and so he was put out to nurse. From his nurse he contracted a ...

A detailed biography and list of selected works.

Rambler No. 134 Saturday, 29 June I751 Quis scit, an adjiciant hodiernae crastina summae Tempora Di superi! Horace, ODES, IV.7.17-18. Who knows if Heav'n, with ever-bounteous pow'r, Shall add to-morrow to the present hour -- Francis. I sat yesterday morning employed in deliberating on which, among the various subjects that occurred to my imagination, I should bestow the paper of to-day. After a ...

The Internet Public Library Online Literary Criticism Collection Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784) Nationality: British Periods: British: 18th Century essayist, poet, Great Cham of Literature, compiler of The Dictionary of the English Language Also See: Sites about these individual works by Samuel Johnson Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia Critical Sites | Biographical Sites | Other Sites Criticism about ...