Excerpt from The Rise and Progress of the Gentleman’s Magazine: With Anecdotes of the Projector and His Early Associates; Being a Prefatory Introduction to the General Index to That Work, From 1787 to 1818
This long-established Periodical Miscellany was commenced, in January 1731, by edward cav’e who, by the admirable Me moir of Dr. Johnson, has been consigned to deserved celebrity.
As the great Biographer justly remarks, few Lives ‘would have more Readers, if all those who received improvement-or entertainment from him should retain so much kindness for their Benefactor as to’ enquire after his conduct and character. From that excellent Memoir, and from the pleasant volumes of Mr. Boswell, such extracts shall here be taken as relate to the Magazine; with such particulars as I have otherwise been able. To collect respecting the history of cave’s darling project.
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