This author of "The Vanity of Human Wishes" expanded his Life of Savage into the critical-biographical collection Lives of the Poets.
This author wrote a publicly-released letter expressing anger at Lord Chesterfield's failures as a patron for his most famous project. He asked "On what Foundation stands the Warrior's Pride?" before outlining the career of Charles XII in a poem written as an imitation of Juvenal's tenth Satire. He took only a week to churn out a long story in which Nekayah and Imlac accompany the title (*) Abyssinian prince on a brief escape from Happy Valley. This author of "The Vanity of Human Wishes" expanded his Life of Savage into the critical-biographical collection Lives of the Poets. For 10 points, name this author of Rasselas and an early Dictionary of the English Language, the subject of a massive biography by James Boswell.
This author wrote a publicly-released letter expressing anger at Lord Chesterfield's failures as a patron for his most famous project.
Samuel Johnson [or Dr. Johnson]