. 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. his philoso-phical character with so much dignity, was extremely jealous of his personal IiOS\YELI,S LIFE OF JOHNSON. [1T70. liberty anCl indepenilence, nnd could not brook the smallest appcanince ofneglect or iusull, ;ii from the highest personages ? But let us view him m some instances of more familiar life. * His genenU mode of life, during my acquiiiutance, seemed to be prettynn
. 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. his philoso-phical character with so much dignity, was extremely jealous of his personal IiOS\YELI,S LIFE OF JOHNSON. [1T70. liberty anCl indepenilence, nnd could not brook the smallest appcanince ofneglect or iusull, ;ii from the highest personages ? But let us view him m some instances of more familiar life. * His genenU mode of life, during my acquiiiutance, seemed to be prettynnifoi-m. About twelve oclock I commonly visited him, and frequently foundhim in bed, or declaiming over his tea, which he drank very plentifulIj. Hegeuenilly had a levee of morning visitors, chiefly men of lettei-s; Hawkes-worth, Goldsmith, Murphy, Laugton, Stcevcns, Beauclerk, &c. &c., and some-times learned ladies ; particulai-ly I remember a French lady of wit and fashiondoing him the honour of a visit. He seemed to me to be considered as a kindof public oracle, whom everybody thought they hiul a right to visit andconsult; and, doubtless, they were well rewarded. I never could discover how. KANELAOH. he found time for his compositions. He declaimed all the morning, then wentto dinner at a tavera, where he commonly stayed late, and then drank his tea atsome friends house, over which he loitered a great while, but seldom tooksupper. I fancy be must have read and wrote chiefly in the night, for I canscarcely recollect that he ever going with me to a tavei-u, and he oftenwent to Ranelagh,* which he deemed a place of innocent recreation. On the necessity of crown influence; see Bouchers Sermons on the American Revolu-tion, p. 218; and Paleys Moral Philosophy, b. vi., c. vii., p. 491, 4to, there quoted.— - Ilanelagh, a celebrated place of fashionable resort, somewhat similar to Vanxhall-gardens,was sitiifite between Pimlico and Chelsea. It was so named from it
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