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Anecdotes Of Dr. Johnson, &C.
ANECDOTES OF DR . JOHNSON , & c .
[ FROM THE ADDITIONS TO EOSWELL ' S LIFE OF- JOHNSON . ] HE had an abhorrence of affectation . Talking of old Mr . Langton , of whom he-said , " Sir , you will seldom see such a gentlemansuch are his stores of literaturesuch his knowled
, , ge in divinity , and such his exemplary life ; " he added , " and , Sir , he lias no grimace , no gesticulation , no bursts of admiration on trivial occasions ; he never embraces you with an overacted cordiality . " Being in company with a gentleman who thought fit to maintain Dr . Berkeley ' s ingenious Philosophy—that nothing exists but as perceived by some mind ; when the gentleman was going away
Johnson said to him , " Pray , Sir , don't leave us ; for we may perhaps forget to think of you , and then you will cease to exist . " Goldsmith , upon being visited by Johnson one day in the Temple , said to him with a little jealousy of the appearance of his accommodation , "I shall soon be in better chambers than these . " Johnson at the same time checked him , and paid him a handsome compliment
, implying that a man of his talents should be above attention to such distinctions— "Nay , Sir , never mind that . Nil te qmesivens extra . " At the time when his pension was granted him , he said , with a noble literary ambition , - " Had this happened twenty years ao-o , I Should have gone to Constantinople to learn Arabick , as Pococks did
. " When Mr . Vesey was proposed as a Member , of the Literary Club , Mr . Burke began by saying that he was a man of gentle manners . " Sir , " said Johnson , " you need say no more . When you have said a man of gentle manners , you have said enough . " The late Mr , Fitzherbert told Mr . Langton , that Johnson said to him , " Sir , a man has no more right to My an uncivil thing , than to act one ; no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down . "
_ "My dear friend Dr . Bathurst ( said he with a warmth of approbation ) declared that he was glad his father , who was a West-India Planter , had left his affairs in total ruin , because having no estate ^ he was not under the temptation of having slaves . " . Richardson had little conversation except about his own works * of which Sir Joshua Rejmokls said he was always willing to talkj and glad to have them introduced . Johnson , when he carried Mr . Langton to see him , professed that he could bring him out into conversation , and used this allusive expression , "Sir , I can make him rear . " But he failed ; for in that interview Richardson said
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Anecdotes Of Dr. Johnson, &C.
ANECDOTES OF DR . JOHNSON , & c .
[ FROM THE ADDITIONS TO EOSWELL ' S LIFE OF- JOHNSON . ] HE had an abhorrence of affectation . Talking of old Mr . Langton , of whom he-said , " Sir , you will seldom see such a gentlemansuch are his stores of literaturesuch his knowled
, , ge in divinity , and such his exemplary life ; " he added , " and , Sir , he lias no grimace , no gesticulation , no bursts of admiration on trivial occasions ; he never embraces you with an overacted cordiality . " Being in company with a gentleman who thought fit to maintain Dr . Berkeley ' s ingenious Philosophy—that nothing exists but as perceived by some mind ; when the gentleman was going away
Johnson said to him , " Pray , Sir , don't leave us ; for we may perhaps forget to think of you , and then you will cease to exist . " Goldsmith , upon being visited by Johnson one day in the Temple , said to him with a little jealousy of the appearance of his accommodation , "I shall soon be in better chambers than these . " Johnson at the same time checked him , and paid him a handsome compliment
, implying that a man of his talents should be above attention to such distinctions— "Nay , Sir , never mind that . Nil te qmesivens extra . " At the time when his pension was granted him , he said , with a noble literary ambition , - " Had this happened twenty years ao-o , I Should have gone to Constantinople to learn Arabick , as Pococks did
. " When Mr . Vesey was proposed as a Member , of the Literary Club , Mr . Burke began by saying that he was a man of gentle manners . " Sir , " said Johnson , " you need say no more . When you have said a man of gentle manners , you have said enough . " The late Mr , Fitzherbert told Mr . Langton , that Johnson said to him , " Sir , a man has no more right to My an uncivil thing , than to act one ; no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down . "
_ "My dear friend Dr . Bathurst ( said he with a warmth of approbation ) declared that he was glad his father , who was a West-India Planter , had left his affairs in total ruin , because having no estate ^ he was not under the temptation of having slaves . " . Richardson had little conversation except about his own works * of which Sir Joshua Rejmokls said he was always willing to talkj and glad to have them introduced . Johnson , when he carried Mr . Langton to see him , professed that he could bring him out into conversation , and used this allusive expression , "Sir , I can make him rear . " But he failed ; for in that interview Richardson said