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List of most recent chapters published for the Life of Johnson novel. A total of 427 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : Life Of Johnson.Vol. 1.by Boswell.Edited by Birkbeck Hill.PREFACE.Fielding, it is said,
Life Of Johnson.Vol. 1.by Boswell.Edited by Birkbeck Hill.PREFACE.Fielding, it is said, drank confusion to the man who invented the fifth act of a play. He who has edited an extensive work, and has concluded his labours by the preparation of a copious ind
- 427 _Johnson's use of the word 'big'_.(Vol. v, p. 425.) On volume i, page 471, Johnson says: 'Don't, Sir, accustom yourself to use big words for little matters.'_Atlas, the Duke of Devons.h.i.+re's race-horse._ (Vol. v, p. 4
- 426 _Johnson's unpublished sermons_.(Vol. v, p. 67, n. i.) 'JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ., TO JAMES ABERCROMBIE, ESQ., of Philadelphia.'June 11, 1792."I have not yet been able to discover any more of Johnson's sermons besides those left for publication by Dr. Tayl
- 425 Boswell in his _Remarks on the Profession of a Player_ (Essay ii), first printed in the _London Magazine_ for 1770, says:-- 'I remember to have heard the most ill.u.s.trious authour of this age say: "If, Sir, Garrick believes himself to be every
- 424 _Johnson on the advantages of having a profession or business_.(Vol. iii, p. 309, n. 1.) 'Dr. Johnson was of opinion that the happiest as well as the most virtuous persons were to be found amongst those who united with a business or profession a love
- 423 (Vol. ii, p. 461.) C. P. Moritz, a young Prussian clergyman who published an account of a pedestrian tour that he made in England in the year 1782, thus describes Lichfield as he saw it on a day in June:-- 'At noon I got to Lichfield, an old-fas.h.i.
- 422 _Mr. Planta_.(Vol. ii, p. 399, n. 2.) The reference is no doubt to Mr. Joseph Planta, a.s.sistant-Librarian of the British Museum 1773, Princ.i.p.al Librarian 1799-1827. See Edwards'_Lives of the Founders of the British Museum_, pp. 517 sqq.; and Nic
- 421 _Superficiality of the French writers_.(Vol. i, p. 454.) Gibbon, writing of the year 1759, says:-- 'In France, to which my ideas [in the _Essay on the Study of Literature_]were confined, the learning and language of Greece and Rome were neglected by
- 420 _Olivia Lloyd._ (Vol. i, p. 92.) I am, no doubt, right in identifying Olivia Lloyd, the young quaker, with whom Johnson was much enamoured when at Stourbridge School, with Olive Lloyd, the daughter of the first Sampson Lloyd, of Birmingham, and aunt of th
- 419 'The quant.i.ty of blood taken from you appears to me not sufficient.Thrale was almost lost by the scrupulosity of his physicians, who never bled him copiously till they bled him in despair; he then bled till he fainted, and the stricture or obstruct
- 418 'Tell me your mind: if you will cancel it I will write something to fill up the vacuum. Please to direct to the borough.'Mr. Strahan's 'new engagement' was in the House of Commons at Westminster, to which he had been elected for t
- 417 or The History of ... Prince of Abissinia."'It will make about two volumes like little Pompadour, that is about one middling volume. The bargain which I made with Mr. Johnson was seventy five pounds (or guineas) a volume, and twenty five pounds for the
- 416 'An account of the Buildings, whether ancient or modern, and of Ruins or other remains of Antiquity.'Remarks upon the soil, air, and waters of particular Places, their several qualities and effects, the accidents to which every Region is exposed, as Ear
- 415 VICTOR, Benjamin, _Original Letters_, London, 1776.VOLTAIRE, _Oeuvres Completes_, 66 tom., Paris, 1819-25.WALPOLE, Horace, _Journal of the Reign of King George III_, 2 vols., London, 1859; _Letters_, 9 vols., London, 1861; _Memoirs of the Reign of George
- 414 REED, Isaac, _Baker's Biographia Dramatica_, 3 vols., London, 1812.REYNOLDS, Sir Joshua, _Life_: see under LESLIE and NORTHCOTE; _Works_, 3 vols., London, 1824.RICHARDSON, Samuel, _Correspondence_, 6 vols., London, 1804; _One hundred and seventy-three Le
- 413 MILL, John Stuart, _Autobiography_, London, 1873; _Principles of Political Economy_, 2 vols., London, 1865._Modern Characters from Shakespeare_, London, 1778.MONBODDO, Lord. See BURNET, James.MONTAGU, Mrs. Elizabeth, _Essay on the Writings of Shakespeare_
- 412 HOWELL, T.B. and T.J., _State Trials_, 33 vols., London, 1809-1826.HUME, David, _Essays_, 4 vols., London, 1770; _History of England_, 8 vols., London, 1802; _Private Correspondence_, London, 1820; _Life_: see BURTON, John Hill.HUSBANDS, J., _A Miscellany
- 411 DRYDEN, John, _Comedies, Tragedies, and Operas_, 2 vols., London, 1701.DUMONT, Etienne, _Recollections of Mirabeau_, London, 1835.DUPPA, R., _Diary of a Journey into North Wales in the year 1774, by Samuel Johnson_, London, 1816. (See _ante_, vol. v. p. 4
- 410 Life of Johnson.Volume 6.by James Boswell.t.i.tLES OF MANY OF THE WORKS QUOTED IN THE NOTES.In my notes I have often given but brief references to the authors whom I quote. The following list, which is not, however, so complete as I could wish, will, I ho
- 409 [1251] This is a work written by William Durand, Bishop of Mende, and printed on vellum, in folio, by Fust and Schoeffer, in Mentz, 1459. It is the third book that is known to be printed with a date. DUPPA. It is perhaps the first book with a date printed
- 408 [1214] 'Proinde quum dominus Matth. 6 docet discipulos suos ne in orando multiloqui sint, nihil aliud docet quam ne credant deum inani verborum strepitu flecti rem eandem subinde flagitantium. Nam Graecis est [Greek: battologaesate]. [Greek: Battologein]
- 407 [1177] See _ante_, iii. 160, for a visit paid by Johnson and Boswell to Kedleston in 1777.[1178] See _ante_, iii. 164.[1179] The parish of Prestbury. DUPPA.[1180] At this time the seat of Sir Lynch Salusbury Cotton [Mrs.Thrale's relation], now, of Lo
- 406 Boswell has his letter, and, I believe, copied my answer. I have appeased him, if a degraded chief can possibly be appeased: but it will be thirteen days--days of resentment and discontent--before my recantation can reach him. Many a dirk will imagination
- 405 'To wing my flight to fame.'DRYDEN. Virgil, _Georgics_, iii. 9.[1109] On Nov. 12 he wrote to Mrs. Thrale:--'We came hither (to Edinburgh) on the ninth of this month. I long to come under your care, but for some days cannot decently get away
- 404 [1075] See _ante_, i. 458.[1076] 'We now observe that the Methodists, where they scatter their opinions, represent themselves as preaching the Gospel to unconverted nations; and enthusiasts of all kinds have been inclined to disguise their particular
- 403 [1031] _Ante_, p. 51.[1032] He repeated this advice in 1777. _Ante_, iii. 207.[1033] 'Of their black cattle some are without horns, called by the Scots _humble_ cows, as we call a bee, an _humble_ bee, that wants a sting. Whether this difference be s
- 402 [989] Baretti told Malone that, having proposed to teach Johnson Italian, they went over a few stanzas of Ariosto, and Johnson then grew weary. 'Some years afterwards Baretti said he would give him another lesson, but added, "I suppose you have
- 401 [958] He was the grandson of the first Marquis, who was beheaded by Charles II in 1661, and nephew of the ninth Earl, who was beheaded by James II in 1685. Burke's _Peerage_. He died on June 15, 1744, according to the _Gent. Mag._ xiv. 339; where he
- 400 [918] A horrible place it was. Johnson describes it (_Works_, ix. 152) as 'a deep subterraneous cavity, walled on the sides, and arched on the top, into which the descent is through a narrow door, by a ladder or a rope.'[919] See _ante_, p. 177.
- 399 [884] Boswell tells this story again, _ante_, ii. 299. Mrs. Piozzi's account (_Anec_. p. 114) is evidently so inaccurate that it does not deserve attention; she herself admits that Beauclerk was truthful. In a marginal note on Wraxall's _Memoirs
- 398 viii. 274), speaks of Spence as 'a man whose learning was not very great, and whose mind was not very powerful. His criticism, however, was commonly just; what he thought he thought rightly; and his remarks were recommended by his coolness and candou
- 397 [813] See ante, p. 162, note 1.[814] 'In Col only two houses pay the window tax; for only two have six windows, which, I suppose, are the laird's and Mr. Macsweyn's.'Johnson's _Works_, ix. 125. 'The window tax, as it stands a
- 396 Cunningham to be 'the earliest good political caricature that we possess.' Walpole's _Letters_, i. 66. Mr. Croker says that 'the exact words are:-- bony? O he be de great orator Little-Tony.'[776] See _ante_, ii. 213.[777] In 1673
- 395 [743] See _ante_, ii. 61, 335; iii. 375, and _post_, under Nov. 11.[744] Beattie had attacked Hume in his _Essay on Truth_ (_ante_, ii. 201 and v. 29). Reynolds this autumn had painted Beattie in his gown of an Oxford Doctor of Civil Law, with his _Essay_
- 394 [715] See _ante_, iv. 176.[716]'If ev'ry wheel of that unwearied mill That turned ten thousand verses now stands still.'_Imitations of Horace, 2 Epis._ ii. 78.[717] _Ante_, p. 206.[718]'Nescio qua natale solum dulcedine captos Ducit.&#
- 393 It is remarkable that this postscript is so expressed, as not to point out the person who said that Mrs. Thrale could not get through Mrs.Montague's book; and therefore I think it necessary to remind Mrs.Piozzi, that the a.s.sertion concerning her wa
- 392 [646] 'Wheel carriages they have none, but make a frame of timber, which is drawn by one horse, with the two points behind pressing on the ground. On this they sometimes drag home their sheaves, but often convey them home in a kind of open pannier, o
- 391 [611] Genius is chiefly exerted in historical pictures; and the art of the painter of portraits is often lost in the obscurity of his subject.But it is in painting as in life; what is greatest is not always best. I should grieve to see Reynolds transfer t
- 390 [569] See _ante_, i. 353, note 1.[570] Ovid, _Ars Amatoria_, iii. 121.[571]'This facile temper of the beauteous s.e.x Great Agamemnon, brave Pelides proved.'These two lines follow the four which Boswell quotes. _Agis_, act iv.[572] _Agis_, a tra
- 389 [533] A term in Scotland for a special messenger, such as was formerly sent with dispatches by the lords of the council.[534] Yet he said of him:--'There is nothing _conclusive_ in his talk.'_Ante_ iii. 57.[535] 'I believe every man has fou
- 388 [493] Such spells are still believed in. A lady of property in Mull, a friend of mine, had a few years since much difficulty in rescuing from the superst.i.tious fury of the people, an old woman, who used a _charm_ to injure her neighbour's cattle. I
- 387 [454] See _ante_, i. 449.[455] See _ante_, ii. 99.[456] See _ante_, iii 198, note 1.[457] 'Such is the laxity of Highland conversation, that the inquirer is kept in continual suspense, and by a kind of intellectual retrogradation knows less as he hea
- 386 [418] 'The way was very pleasant; the rock out of which the road was cut was covered with birch trees, fern, and heath. The lake below was beating its bank by a gentle wind.... In one part of the way we had trees on both sides for perhaps half a mile
- 385 [372] See _ post_, Sept. 13 and 28.[373] Mr. Trevelyan (_Life of Macaulay_, ed.1877, i. 6) says: 'Johnson p.r.o.nounced that Mr. Macaulay was not competent to have written the book that went by his name; a decision which, to those who happen to have
- 384 [345] See _ante_, ii. 344, where Johnson says:--'A judge may be a farmer, but he is not to geld his own pigs.'[346]'Not to admire is all the art I know To make men happy and to keep them so.'Pope, _Imitations of Horace_, Epistles, i. v
- 383 [305] 'In 1745 my friend, Tom c.u.mming the Quaker, said he would not fight, but he would drive an ammunition cart.' _Ante_, April 28, 1783.Smollett (_History of England_, iv. 293) describes how, in 1758, the conquest of Senegal was due to this
- 382 [279] Mr. Langton. See _ante_, ii. 254, 265.[280] Spedding's _Bacon_, vii. 271. The poem is also given in _The Golden Treasury_, p. 37; where, however, 'limns _the_ water' is changed into 'limns _on_ water.'[281] 'Addison now
- 381 Dr. Johnson maintained the superiority of Homer. BOSWELL. Johnson told Windham that he had never read through the Odyssey in the original.Windham's _Diary_, p. 17. See _ante_, iii. 193, and May 1, 1783.[248] Johnson ten years earlier told Boswell tha
- 380 [205] Horace, _Odes_, ii. 14. 1.[206] John Abernethy, a Presbyterian divine. His works in 7 vols. 8vo.were published in 1740-51.[207] Leechman was princ.i.p.al of Glasgow University (_post_, Oct. 29). On his appointment to the Chair of Theology he had bee
- 379 _'The a.s.sembly-man_ (or the character of an a.s.sembly-man) written 1647, _Lond._ 1662-3, in three sheets in qu. The copy of it was taken from the author by those who said they could not rob, because all was theirs; so excised what they liked not;
- 378 [142] Dr. A Carlyle (_Auto._ p. 114) tells how in 1745 he found 'Professor Maclaurin busy on the walls on the south side of Edinburgh, endeavoring to make them more defensible [against the Pretender]. He had even erected some small cannon.' See
- 377 again italicising these two words.[102] See _ante_, iii. 410.[103] See _ante_, i. 354.[104] c.o.c.kburn (_Life of Jeffrey_, i. 182) writing of the beginning of this century, describes how the General a.s.sembly 'met in those days, as it had done for
- 376 "Never mind, la.s.sie," he said; "many a better man has been made a saint of before."' J.H. Burton's _Hume_, ii. 436.[66] The House of Lords reversed the decision of the Court of Session in this cause. See _ante_, ii.50, 230.
- 375 [22] Afterwards Lord Stowell. He, his brother Lord Eldon, and Chambers were all Newcastle men. See _ante_, i. 462, for an anecdote of the journey and for a note on 'the Commons.'[23] See _ante_, ii. 453.[24] See _ante_, iv. III.[25] Baretti, in
- 374 We went to Hagley, where we were disappointed of the respect and kindness that we expected[1240].SEPTEMBER 17.We saw the house and park, which equalled my expectation. The house is one square ma.s.s. The offices are below. The rooms of elegance on the fir
- 373 We surveyed the Churches, which are mean, and neglected to a degree scarcely imaginable. They have no pavement, and the earth is full of holes. The seats are rude benches; the Altars have no rails. One of them has a breach in the roof. On the desk, I thin
- 372 OBSERVATIONS.Dixit injustus, Ps. 36, has no relation to the English[1212].Preserve us, Lord, has the name of Robert Wisedome, 1618.--Barker's _Bible_[1213].Battologiam ab iteratione, recte distinguit Erasmus.--_Mod. Orandi Deum_, p. 56-144[1214].Sout
- 371 The town consists of one main street, and some that cross it, which I have not seen. The chief street ascends with a quick rise for a great length: the houses are built, some with rough stone, some with brick, and a few are of timber.The Castle, with its
- 370 We went then to the silk mill at Derby[1178], where I remarked a particular manner of propagating motion from a horizontal to a vertical wheel.We were desired to leave the men only two s.h.i.+llings. Mr. Thrale's bill at the inn for dinner was eighte
- 369 On the road I read Tully's _Epistles_.At night at Dunstable.To Lichfield, 83 miles.To the Swan[1161].JULY 7.To Mrs. Porter's[1162].To the Cathedral.To Mrs. Aston's.To Mr. Green's.Mr. Green's Museum was much admired, and Mr. Newton
- 368 Quidni! peremptum clade tuentibus Plus semper illo qui moritur pati Datur, doloris dum profundos Pervia mens aperit recessus.Valete luctus;--hinc lacrymabiles Arcete visus:--ibimus, ibimus Superbienti qua theatro Fingaliae memorantur aulae.Ill.u.s.tris ho
- 367 'DEAR SIR, 'Mr. Boswell has this day shewn me a letter, in which you complain of a pa.s.sage in _The Journey to the Hebrides._ My meaning is mistaken. I did not intend to say that you had personally made any cession of the rights of your house,
- 366 'They who search for faults, may possibly find them in this, as well as in every other work of literature.'For example, the friends of the old family say that _the aera of planting_ is placed too late, at the Union of the two kingdoms[1125]. I a
- 365 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11.Princ.i.p.al Robertson came to us as we sat at breakfast, he advanced to Dr. Johnson, repeating a line of Virgil, which I forget. I suppose, either Post varios casus, per tot discrimina rerum[1077]-- or --multum ille et terris jactat
- 364 'Quod petis, hic est; Est Ulubris; animus si te non deficit aequus[1035].'It is characteristick of the founder; but the _animus aequus_ is, alas!not inheritable, nor the subject of devise. He always talked to me as if it were in a man's own
- 363 Johnson wrote a long letter upon the subject to a friend, which being shewn to them, made them ashamed, and afraid of being publickly exposed; so they were forced to a compliance. It is now in my possession, and is, perhaps, one of the best productions of
- 362 He repeated the lines with great force and dignity; then added, 'And, after this, comes Johnny Home, with his _earth gaping_, and his _destruction crying_:--Pooh[971]!'While we were lamenting the number of ruined religious buildings which we had
- 361 'Now for the Epitaphs![_These, together with the verses on George the Second, and Colley Cibber, as his Poet Laureat, of which imperfect copies are gone about, will appear in my Life of Dr. Johnson[939]._]'I have no more paper, or I should have
- 360 JOHNSON. 'Sir, if it were told as shortly, and with as little preparation for introducing the different events, as the History of the Jewish Kings, it would be equally liable to objections of improbability.' Mr. M'Leod was much pleased with
- 359 Luxerat ilia dies, legis gens docta supernae Spes hominum ac curas c.u.m procul esse jubet, Ponti inter strepitus sacri non munera cultus Cessarunt; pietas hic quoque cura fuit: Quid quod sacrifici versavit femina libros, Legitimas faciunt pectora pura pr
- 358 After dinner, we proceeded to Dr. M'Lean's, which was about a mile from our inn. He was not at home, but we were received by his lady and daughter, who entertained us so well, that Dr. Johnson seemed quite happy. When we had supped, he asked me
- 357 There are several districts of sandy desart in Col. There are forty-eight lochs of fresh water; but many of them are very small,--meer pools. About one half of them, however, have trout and eel. There is a great number of horses in the island, mostly of a
- 356 After a sufficiency of sleep, we a.s.sembled at breakfast. We were just as if in barracks. Every body was master. We went and viewed the old castle of Col, which is not far from the present house, near the sh.o.r.e, and founded on a rock. It has never bee
- 355 SAt.u.r.dAY, OCTOBER 2.Dr. Johnson said, that 'a Chief and his Lady should make their house like a court. They should have a certain number of the gentlemen's daughters to receive their education in the family, to learn pastry and such things fr
- 354 This evening one of our married ladies, a lively pretty little woman, good-humouredly sat down upon Dr. Johnson's knee, and, being encouraged by some of the company, put her hands round his neck, and kissed him.'Do it again, (said he,) and let u
- 353 'Government (said he) has deprived us of our ancient power; but it cannot deprive us of our domestick satisfactions. I would rather drink punch in one of their houses, (meaning the houses of his people,) than be enabled by their hards.h.i.+ps to have
- 352 After breakfast, he said to me, 'A Highland Chief should now endeavour to do every thing to raise his rents, by means of the industry of his people. Formerly, it was right for him to have his house full of idle fellows; they were his defenders, his s
- 351 Burke has great information, and great command of language; though, in my opinion, it has not in every respect the highest elegance.' BOSWELL.'Do you think, Sir, that Burke has read Cicero much?' JOHNSON. 'I don't believe it, Sir.
- 350 But all these orders were only blinds; for he had another plan in his head, but wisely thought it safest to trust his secrets to no more persons than was absolutely necessary. Having then desired Malcolm to walk with him a little way from the house, he so
- 349 'DEAR BOSWELL, 'I flew to Edinburgh the moment I heard of Mr. Johnson's arrival; but so defective was my intelligence, that I came too late. 'It is but justice to believe, that I could never forgive myself, nor deserve to be forgiven b
- 348 Dr. Johnson asked him as to _Fingal_. He said he could repeat some pa.s.sages in the original, that he heard his grandfather had a copy of it; but that he could not affirm that Ossian composed all that poem as it is now published. This came pretty much to
- 347 In the year of our Lord 1766, The 25th of his life, After a long and extremely painful illness, Which he supported with admirable patience and fort.i.tude, He died at Rome, Where, notwithstanding the difference of religion, Such extraordinary honours were
- 346 I talked of the officers whom we had left to-day; how much service they had seen, and how little they got for it, even of fame. JOHNSON. 'Sir, a soldier gets as little as any man can get.' BOSWELL. 'Goldsmith has acquired more fame than all
- 345 At three the drum beat for dinner. I, for a little while, fancied myself a military man, and it pleased me. We went to Sir Eyre Coote's, at the governour's house, and found him a most gentleman-like man. His lady is a very agreeable woman, with
- 344 Dr. Johnson said, 'It is a pity to see Lord Monboddo publish such notions as he has done; a man of sense, and of so much elegant learning.There would be little in a fool doing it; we should only laugh; but when a wise man does it, we are sorry. Other
- 343 Dr. Gerard told us that an eminent printer[288] was very intimate with Warburton. JOHNSON. 'Why, Sir, he has printed some of his works, and perhaps bought the property of some of them. The intimacy is such as one of the professors here may have with
- 342 "Beauclerk has a keenness of mind which is very uncommon." JOHNSON.'Yes, Sir; and everything comes from him so easily. It appears to me that I labour, when I say a good thing.' BOSWELL. 'You are loud, Sir; but it is not an effort
- 341 The professors entertained us with a very good dinner. Present: Murison, Shaw, Cook, Hill, Haddo, Watson, Flint, Brown. I observed, that I wondered to see him eat so well, after viewing so many sorrowful scenes of ruined religious magnificence. 'Why,
- 340 Boswell. This was one of Dr. Johnson's best days. He was quite in his element. All was literature and taste, without any interruption. Lord Hailes, who is one of the best philologists in Great Britain, who has written papers in _The World_[134], and
- 339 Life Of Johnson.Volume 5.by Boswell.DEDICATION._TO EDMOND MALONE, ESQ._ MY DEAR SIR, In every narrative, whether historical or biographical, authenticity is of the utmost consequence[1]. Of this I have ever been so firmly persuaded, that I inscribed a for
- 338 'In justice to the late Mr. Flood, now himself wanting, and highly meriting, an epitaph from his country, to which his transcendent talents did the highest honour, as well as the most important service; it should be observed that these lines were by
- 337 [1255] _British Synonymy_, i. 359. Mrs. Piozzi, to add to the wonder, says that these verses were 'improviso,' forgetting that Johnson wrote to her on Aug 8, 1780 (_Piozzi Letters_, ii. 175):--'You have heard in the papers how --- is come t
- 336 'Signed, sealed, published, declared, and delivered, by the said Samuel Johnson, as, and for a Codicil to his last Will and Testament, in the presence of us, who, in his presence, and at his request, and also in the presence of each other, have heret
- 335 [1199] 'He would also,' says Hawkins (_Life_, p. 579), 'have written in Latin verse an epitaph for Mr. Garrick, but found himself unequal to the task of original poetic composition in that language.'[1200] In his _Life of Browne_, John
- 334 p. 68 thus speaks of that learned, ingenious, and accomplished gentleman: 'The want of company is an inconvenience: but Mr. c.u.mberland is a million.' BOSWELL. Northcote, according to Hazlitt (_Conversations of Northcote_, p. 275), said that Jo
- 333 'Aristotle's _Ethicks_, an English translation of them, with notes.'Geographical Dictionary, from the French.'Hierocles upon Pythagoras, translated into English, perhaps with notes.This is done by Norris.'A book of Letters, upon a
- 332 Johnson. His father built the corner-house in the Market-place, the two fronts of which, towards Market and Broad-market-street, stood upon waste land of the Corporation, under a forty years' lease, which was then expired. On the 15th of August, 1767
- 331 Once, upon reading that line in the curious epitaph quoted in _The Spectator;_ 'Born in New-England, did in London die;'he laughed and said, 'I do not wonder at this. It would have been strange, if born in London, he had died in New-England
- 330 [1076] _Anec_. p. 63. BOSWELL.[1077] 'Johnson one day, on seeing an old terrier lie asleep by the fire-side at Streatham, said, "Presto, you are, if possible, a more lazy dog that I am."' Johnson's _Works_, ed. 1787, xi. 203.[1078
- 329 Horace Walpole wrote on Aug. 4 of that year (_ib_. p. 235):--'Well!adieu to Houghton! about its mad master I shall never trouble myself more. From the moment he came into possession, he has undermined every act of my father that was within his reach,
- 328 _The New Foundling Hospital for Wit_, i. 129. According to Northcote (_Life of Reynolds_, i. 217), 'Dr. Goldsmith declared, in the heat of his admiration of these _Cross Readings_, it would have given him more pleasure to have been the author of them