JOHNSON'S RASSELAS

G. BIRKBECK HILL

HENRY FROWDE, M.A.

PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

LONDON, EDINBURGH, NEW YORK, TORONTO

MELBOURNE AND BOMBAY

HISTORY OF RASSELAS

PRINCE OF ABYSSINIA

EDITED

WITH INTRODUCTION AND NOTES

BY

GEORGE BIRKBECK HILL, D.C.L., LL.D.

HONORARY FELLOW OF PEMBROKE COLLEGE, OXFORD

OXFORD

AT THE CLARENDON PRESS

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CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION:

LIFE OF JOHNSON

RASSELAS

CHIEF EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON

HISTORY OF RASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABYSSINIA .

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