Johnsoniana : or, Supplement to Boswell : being anecdotes and sayings of Dr Johnson / collected by Piozzi, Hawkins, Tyers .. [et al.]. . treat a pack of silly plays in fops dresses just asthey deserve ; but I see no books. 645. Johnson at Dovedale. Q) Dovedale is a place that deserves a visit. The river issmall, the rocks are grand. Reynards Hall is a cavevery high in the rock. To the left is a small opening,through which I crept, and found another cavern, perhapsfour yards square. I was in a cave yet higher, called Rey-nards Kitchen. There is a rock called the Church, inwhich I saw no resembl
Johnsoniana : or, Supplement to Boswell : being anecdotes and sayings of Dr Johnson / collected by Piozzi, Hawkins, Tyers .. [et al.]. . treat a pack of silly plays in fops dresses just asthey deserve ; but I see no books. 645. Johnson at Dovedale. Q) Dovedale is a place that deserves a visit. The river issmall, the rocks are grand. Reynards Hall is a cavevery high in the rock. To the left is a small opening,through which I crept, and found another cavern, perhapsfour yards square. I was in a cave yet higher, called Rey-nards Kitchen. There is a rock called the Church, inwhich I saw no resemblance that could justify the is about two miles long. We walked towardsthe head of the Dove, which is said to rise about five milesabove two caves called the Dog-holes, at the foot of Dove-dale. I propose to build an arch from rock to rock overthe stream, with a summer-house upon it. The watermurmured pleasantly among the stones. He that has seenDovedale, has no need to visit the Highlands. (!) (1) [FromJohnsons MS. Diary of his Welsh Tour in 1774, now in the pos-session of the Rev. Archdeacon Butler, of Shrewsbury.]. ROBINSON. 419 646. Johnson at Langton in 1764. (*) In early life (says Mr. Best) I knew Bennet Langton,of that ilk, as the Scotch say. With great personalclaims to the respect of the public, he is known to thatpublic chiefly as a friend of Johnson. He was a very tall,meagre, long-visaged man, much resembling a storkstanding on one leg, near the shore, in Raphaels cartoonof the miraculous draught of fishes. His manners werein the highest degree polished ; his conversation mild,equable, and always pleasing. I formed an intimacy withhis son, and went to pay him a visit at Langton. Afterbreakfast we walked to the top of a very steep hill behindthe house. When we arrived at the summit, Mr. Langtonsaid, Poor dear Dr. Johnson, when he came to this spot,turned to look down the hill, and said he was determined* to take a roll down. When we understood what heme
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