. 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. m that Iwas going to be married iu a few months, I wished to have as much of his conversation as I could beforeengaging iu a state of life whichwould ])robably keep me more inScotland, and prevent me seeingliim so often as when I was asingle man ; but I found he Avas atBrighthehnstone !.Thrale. I was very sorry that Ihad not his company with me atthe Jubilee, in honour of Shak
. 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. m that Iwas going to be married iu a few months, I wished to have as much of his conversation as I could beforeengaging iu a state of life whichwould ])robably keep me more inScotland, and prevent me seeingliim so often as when I was asingle man ; but I found he Avas atBrighthehnstone !.Thrale. I was very sorry that Ihad not his company with me atthe Jubilee, in honour of Shak-speare, at Stratford-upon-Avon,the great poets native town. John-sous coimection both with Shak-speare and Garrick founded adoubleclaim to his presence ; and it wouldhave been highly gratifying to Upon this occasion I par-ticularly lamented that he had notthat warmth of friendship for hisbrilliant pupil, which we may sup-pose would have had a benignanteffect on both. When almost everyman of eminence in the literary BOSWrXI. I>f THR COSTCME OF A COBSICANCIIIEF. ,i , . i i • ji • world was happy to partake m thisfestival of genius, the absence of Johnson could not but be wondered at. It lias this inscription in a Wank leaf: Tliinchbiiim D. D. SamuelJohnson, eo quod hieloci stiirliis iiiterdum vacamt. Of this library, which is an old Gothic room, he was veryfond. On my observing to him that some of the modern libraries of the University weremore commodioiig and pleasant for study, as being more spacious and airy, ho replied Sir, if a man has a mind to prance, ho must study at Christ Church and AU-Souls. —Wartos 2 During this visit he seldom or never dined out. lie appeared to be deeply engaged iasome litfcitti-y wi^k. Miss Williams was now with him at Oxford.—Wabton. Aoe60.] BOSWELLs LIFE OF JOHNSON. 43 and regretted. The only trace of him there, was in the ?whimsical ad-A^ertisement of a haberdasher, who sold Shaksperiaro ribands of variousdyes ; and, by w
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