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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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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]
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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_
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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