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Title: The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III

Author: Various

Editor: Henry Cabot Lodge
Francis W. Halsey

Release Date: July 30, 2007 [EBook #22182]

Language: English

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[Illustration: LAMB, MACAULAY, SCOTT, and CARLYLE]

THE BEST

_of the_

WORLD'S CLASSICS

RESTRICTED TO PROSE

HENRY CABOT LODGE

_Editor-in-Chief_

FRANCIS W. HALSEY

_Associate Editor_

With an Introduction, Biographical
and Explanatory Notes, etc.

IN TEN VOLUMES

Vol. V

GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND--III

FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY

NEW YORK AND LONDON

COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY

FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY

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The Best of the World's Classics

VOL. V

GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND--III

1740--1881

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CONTENTS

VOL. V--GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND--III

JAMES BOSWELL--(Born in 1740, died in 1795.)

I Boswell's Introduction to Johnson.
(From Boswell's "Life of Johnson")

II Johnson's Audience with George III.
(From Boswell's "Life of Johnson")

III The Meeting of Johnson and John Wilkes.
(From Boswell's "Life of Johnson")

IV Johnson's Wedding-Day.
(From Boswell's "Life of Johnson")

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH--(Born in 1770, died in 1850.)

A Poet Defined.
(Fro