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 . forewe got home, I again walked too fastfor him ; and he now cried out, Why,you walk as if you were pursued by allthe Cabiri in a body. In an eveningwe frequently took long walks fromOxford into the country, returning tosupper. Once, in our way home, weviewed the ruins of the abbeys ofOseney and Rewley, near at least half an hours silence, Johnson said, * I viewed them with ind
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 . forewe got home, I again walked too fastfor him ; and he now cried out, Why,you walk as if you were pursued by allthe Cabiri in a body. In an eveningwe frequently took long walks fromOxford into the country, returning tosupper. Once, in our way home, weviewed the ruins of the abbeys ofOseney and Rewley, near at least half an hours silence, Johnson said, * I viewed them with indig-nation ! We had then a long conversation on Gothic buildings; and in talkingof the form of old halls, he said, * In these halls, the fire-place was ancientlyalways in the middle of the room, till the Whigs removed it on one this time there had been an execution of two or three criminals atOxford, on a Monday. Soon afterwards, one day at dinner, I was saying thatMr. Swinton, the chaplain of the gaol, and also a frequent preacher before theUniversity, a learned man, but often thoughtless and absent, preached thecondemnation sermon on repentance, before the convicts, on the preceding OSENEY ABBET, AOE. 45.] BOSWELLS LIFE OF JOHNSON. 153 Sunday; and that in the close he told his audience, that he should give themthe remainder of what he had to say on the subject, the next Lords day. Upoa
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