Johnson's Chief Lives of the Poets is a book that was originally published in 1880. It is a collection of biographies of some of the most famous poets from the 17th and 18th centuries. The book includes the lives of John Milton, John Dryden, Jonathan Swift, Joseph Addison, Alexander Pope, Thomas Gray, and Samuel Johnson himself. The biographies are written by Samuel Johnson, a renowned literary figure from the 18th century. Johnson was a poet, essayist,...