...been some time at Utrecht, and which my readers will have the pleasure to peruse in its proper place. was no combination or I am aware that many of my readers may censure my want of taste. Let me, however, shelter myself under...

...been some time at Utrecht, and which my readers will have the pleasure to peruse in its proper place. We walked in the evening in Greenwich Park. He asked...of men," I answered, " Yes, Sir ; but not equal to Fleet-street." JOHNSON. " You are right, Sir." I am aware that many of my readers may censure my want...

...pleasure to peruse in its proper place. We walked in the evening in Greenwich Park. He asked me, II suppose, by way of trying my disposition, " Is not...of men," I answered, " Yes, Sir ; but not equal to Fleet-street." JOHNSON. " You are right, Sir." I am aware that many of my readers may censure my want...

...proper place. 1 Epigram, Lib. ii. ' In Elizabeth. Anglias Reg.' [M.] 308 NATURE AND FLEET-STREET [1763 nson,) to name one exception, I mentioned an eminent...greatly admired. JOHNSON. ' Sir, I do not say that he Fleet-street.' JOHNSON. ' You are right, Sir.' I am aware that many of my readers may censure my want...

...man who has a name, or who has the power of pleasing, will be very generally invited in London." VI We walked in the evening in Greenwich Park. He asked...of men," I answered, " Yes, sir ; but not equal to Fleet-street." Johnson. "You are right, sir." VII Johnson. "... A man cannot know modes of life as...

...been some time at Utrecht, and which my readers will have the pleasure to peruse in its proper place. We walked in the evening in Greenwich Park. He asked...answered, " Yes, sir, but not equal to Fleet Street." JOHNSOX : " You are right, Sir." I am aware that many of my readers may censure my want of taste. Let...

...with peals of laughter till midnight echoed to his roar. ' We walked in the evening ', says Boswell, ' in Greenwich Park. He asked me, I suppose by way of...nature, and being more delighted with the busy hum 1 See Malcolm's Londinium Bedivimim, vol. iii. p. 453. of men, I answered, "Yes, sir ; but not equal...

...feelings on the same subject confirmed his views, as one reads in the " Life of Johnson " thus : " We walked in the evening in Greenwich Park. He asked...to Fleet Street.' Johnson : ' You are right, Sir.'" (July 30, 1763.) Again, "As we walked to St. Clement's Church, I again remarked, that Fleet Street...

...been some time at Utrecht, and which my readers will have the pleasure to peruse in its proper place. We walked, in the evening, in Greenwich Park. He asked...hum of men," I answered, "Yes, Sir, but not equal to Fleet-street." Johnson: "You are right, Sir." I am aware that many of my readers may censure my want...

...his university, where he studied man. "We walked in the evening in Greenwicli Park," says Boswell. "He asked me, I suppose by way of trying my disposition, 'Is not this very fine?' From the painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds DR. SAMUEL JOHNSOM Having no exquisite relish for the beauties...