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 . him to the presence of your JIajesty. Tasso has a peculiar claim to your Majestys favour, as follower and panegyrist of thehouse of Este, which has one common ancestor with the House of Hanover; and in reviewinghis life it is not easy to forbear a wish that he had lived in a happier time, when he mightamong the descendants of that illustrious family have found a more liberal and potentpatro
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 . him to the presence of your JIajesty. Tasso has a peculiar claim to your Majestys favour, as follower and panegyrist of thehouse of Este, which has one common ancestor with the House of Hanover; and in reviewinghis life it is not easy to forbear a wish that he had lived in a happier time, when he mightamong the descendants of that illustrious family have found a more liberal and potentpatronage. I cannot but observe, Madam, how unequally reward is proportioned to merit, when Ireflect that the happiness which was withheld fram Tasso is resei-ved for me; and that thepoem which once hardly procured to its author the countenance of the princes of Ferrara, hasattracted to its translator the favourable notice of a British Queen. Had this been the fate of Tasso, he would have been able to have celebrated the con-descension of your Majesty in nobler language, but could not have felt it with more ardentgratitude than, Madam, your Majestys Most faithful and devoted servant, BoswKLL. John BOSWELl/8 FIE3T INTERVIEW WITH JOHNSON. CHAPTER XII.—1763. First Inteevikw or Boswell with Johnson, at the House of Davies the Bookseller—Record of Conversation—Bos wells Visit to his CHAMBEil^ in the Temple—Description of Johnson—Meeting at The Mitre Tavern—Record of hisOpinions of Gray, Goldsmith, &c.—Advice to Boswell. nPHIS [1763] is to me a memorable year ; for in it I had tlie happinessto obtain the acquaintance of that extraordinary man whosememoirs I am now writing : an acquaintance which I shall ever esteemas one of the most fortunate circumstances in my life. Though thenbut two-and-twenty, I had for several years read his works with delightand instruction, and had the highest reverence for their author, whichhad grown up in my fancy into a kind of mysterious
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