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 . JOHXSON S RESIDENCE IN GOUGH SQUARE. their etymologies, definitions, and various significations. The authoritieswere copied from the books themselves, in which he had marked thepassages with a black-lead pencil, the traces of which could easily beefiaced. I have seen several of them, in which that trouble had notbeen taken, so that they were just as when usea by the copyists. It isremarkabl
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 . JOHXSON S RESIDENCE IN GOUGH SQUARE. their etymologies, definitions, and various significations. The authoritieswere copied from the books themselves, in which he had marked thepassages with a black-lead pencil, the traces of which could easily beefiaced. I have seen several of them, in which that trouble had notbeen taken, so that they were just as when usea by the copyists. It isremarkable, that he was so attentive in the choice of the passages inwhich words were authorised, that one may read page after page of hisDictionary Viith. improvement and pleasure ; and it should not passunobserved, that he has quoted no author whose writings had a tendencyto hurt sound religion and morality. The necessary expense of preparing a work of such magnitude forthe press must have been a considerable deduction from the price stipu-. >5 s o :5 r . n3 ^ t =q ?^ ••« ^ «?2 4:S°° 6j a =^ o^::^ ss ^?5>^ bC^ ffl ?s&« • |1 i^^.o-s sssg<,3 t r-GO o o^ ^^F^ 102 BOSWELLs life of JOHNSON. [1748. lated to be paid for the copyriglit. I understand that nothing wasallowed by tlie booksellers on that account; and I remember his tellingme that a large portion of it having, by mistake, been written upon bothsides of the paper, so as to be inconvenient for the compositor, it costhim twenty pounds to have it transcribed upon one side only. He is now to be considered as tugging at his oar, as engaged ina steady continued course of occupation, sufficient to employ all histime for some years, and which was the best preventive of that consti-tutional melancholy which was ever lurking about him, ready to troublehis quiet. But his enlarged and lively mind could not be satisfiedwithout more diversity of employment, and the pleasure of animatedrelaxation.^ He therefore not only exerte
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