Johnsoniana : or, Supplement to Boswell : being anecdotes and sayings of Dr Johnson / collected by Piozzi, Hawkins, Tyers .. [et al.]. . universities of Edinburgh and his residence in these cities, he acquired, by thesociety of the English gentlemen who were students in theEnglish colleges, that remarkable predilection for theirmanners, which neither the force of education, nor thedulcedo of his natale solum, could ever eradicate. Buthis most intimate acquaintance at this period was the Temple, a worthy, learned, and pious divine, whosewell-written character of Gray was
Johnsoniana : or, Supplement to Boswell : being anecdotes and sayings of Dr Johnson / collected by Piozzi, Hawkins, Tyers .. [et al.]. . universities of Edinburgh and his residence in these cities, he acquired, by thesociety of the English gentlemen who were students in theEnglish colleges, that remarkable predilection for theirmanners, which neither the force of education, nor thedulcedo of his natale solum, could ever eradicate. Buthis most intimate acquaintance at this period was the Temple, a worthy, learned, and pious divine, whosewell-written character of Gray was inserted in JohnsonsLife of that poet. Mr. Boswell imbibed early the ambi-tion of distinguishing himself by his literary talents, andhad the good fortune to obtain the patronage of the lateLord Somerville. This nobleman treated him with themost flattering kindness; and Mr. Boswell ever remem-bered with gratitude the friendship he so long enjoyedwith this worthy peer. Having always entertained anexalted idea of the felicity of London, in the year I76O (1) [From Nicholss Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century, vol. 400.]. I : ?? S ? ^r/jy BOSWELL. 499 he visited that capital ; in the manners and amusementsof which he found so much that was congenial to his owntaste and feelings, that it became ever after his favouriteresidence, whither he always returned from his estate inScotland, and from his various rambles in various parts ofEurope, with increasing eagerness and delight; and wefind him, nearly twenty years afterwards, condemningScotland as too narrow a sphere, and wishing to make hischief residence in London, which he calls the great sceneof ambition, instruction, and, comparatively, making hisheaven upon earth. He was, doubtless, confirmed in thisattachment to the metropolis by the strong predilectionentertained towards it by his friend Dr. Johnson, whosesentiments on this subject Mr. Boswell details in variousparts of his Life of that great man ; and which are c
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