Item of the Day: Johnson’s Lives: Swift (1781)

Full Title:
The Lives of the English Poets; and a Criticism of their Works. By Samuel Johnson. Vol. II. Dublin: Printed for Messrs. Whitestone, Williams, Colles, Wilson, Lynch, Jenkin, Walker, Burnet, Hallhead, Flin, Exshaw, Beatty, and White. M,DCC,LXXXI.
SWIFT.
[...] In his academical studies [Jonathan Swift] was either not diligent or not happy. It must disappoint every reader’s expectation, [...]