Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . 264 SAMUEL JOHNSON. ever, a short time afterward, to reply to some observations which had beenmade upon his address, he fell back in the arms of the duke of Cumberlandand Lord Temple, who sat beside him, speechless, and to all appearance insen-sible. Lord Chatham recovered so far as to be removed to his country-houseat Hayes, where he
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . 264 SAMUEL JOHNSON. ever, a short time afterward, to reply to some observations which had beenmade upon his address, he fell back in the arms of the duke of Cumberlandand Lord Temple, who sat beside him, speechless, and to all appearance insen-sible. Lord Chatham recovered so far as to be removed to his country-houseat Hayes, where he lingered till the 12th of May, when he expired, entirelyexhausted, in the seventieth year of his age. The characteristics of this celebrated minister were vigor, decision, a mindprophetic of consequences, and an eloquence so commanding, that probablynothing quite equal to it has distinguished any other speaker in modern rather by the effects which it is recorded to have produced, than byany pretended reports of particular speeches, it must have contained an extraordinary share of the vehemence and power by which Demosthenes, in ancientGreece, wielded at will that fierce democritie. t. SAMUEL JOHNSON. DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON was born September 7,1709, in the city of Litchfief^England, where his father was a bookseller. Having received the elementsof a classical education, principally at the grammar-school of his native place,he was sent at the age of nineteen to Pembroke college, Oxford, by a gentle-man who engaged to maintain him there as a companion to his son. Aftersome time, however, this person withdrew his aid; and Johnson, having- mad*au ineffectual attempt to subsist oa his. own resources! found himself obliged $* SAMUEL JOHNSON. 265 discontinue his residence before obtaining a degree. He had already, how-ever, during the period he spent at the university, obtained a high reputationfor scholarship and abilities. For many succeeding years the life of this distin
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