FTP, identify this massive biography, which focuses on the last twenty years of its subjects life, following his meeting in 1763 with its author, James Boswell.
On the last page of the book, the author proclaims that its subject was a man whose talents, acquirements, and virtues were so extraordinary that the more his character is considered the more he will be regarded by the present age, and by posterity, with admiration and reverence. Dedicated to Joshua Reynolds, the book was completed with the assistance of Edmond Malone, and was published in 1791, seven years after the death of its subject. FTP, identify this massive biography, which focuses on the last twenty years of its subjects life, following his meeting in 1763 with its author, James Boswell.
On the last page of the book, the author proclaims that its subject was a man whose talents, acquirements, and virtues were so extraordinary that the more his character is considered the more he will be regarded by the present age, and by posterity, with admiration and reverence.
The {Life of} Samuel {Johnson}