The life of Samuel Johnson, , comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works, in chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons . momentaryindignation, as if it were an affront to his exalted merit that a playershould be rewarded in the same manner with him, or was the suddeneffect of a fit of peevishness, it was unluckily said, and indeed cannot bejustified, Mr. Sheridans pension was granted to him not as a player, butas a sufferer in the cause of Government, when he was manager of theTheatre Royal in Ireland, when p
The life of Samuel Johnson, , comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works, in chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons . momentaryindignation, as if it were an affront to his exalted merit that a playershould be rewarded in the same manner with him, or was the suddeneffect of a fit of peevishness, it was unluckily said, and indeed cannot bejustified, Mr. Sheridans pension was granted to him not as a player, butas a sufferer in the cause of Government, when he was manager of theTheatre Royal in Ireland, when parties ran high in 1753. And itmust also be allowed that he was a man of literature, and had con-siderably improved the arts of reading and speaking with distinctnessand propriety. in consequence of some celebrated action, so my illustrious friend was often called DictionartJohnson, from that wonderful achievement of genius and labour, liis Dictionary of theEnglish Language; the merit of which I contemplate with more and more admiration.— BOSWELL. 1 Thomas Sheridan was the son of Swifts friend, Dr. Sheridan, and father of the celebratedRichard Brinsley Sheridan, the dramatist and statesu*^*- —Ed. THOMAS SHERIDAN. 22^ BOSWELLs life of JOHNSON. [1763. Besides, Johnson should have recollected that Mr. Sheridan taughtpronunciation to Ivlr. Alexander Wedderburne, whose sister was marriedto Sir Harry Erskine, an intimate friend of Lord Bute, who was thefavourite of the king ; and surely the most outrageous Whig will notmaintain that whatever ought to be the principle in the disposal ofofices, a pension ought never to be granted from any bias of Courtconnection. Mr. Macklin, indeed, shared with Mr. Sheridan the honourof instructing Mr. Wedderburne ; and though it was too late in life fora Caledonian to acquire the genuine English cadence, yet so successfulwere Mr. Wedderburnes instructors, and his own unabatinsf endeavours,that he got rid of the coarse part of his Scotch accent, r
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