...are cold and dull. The proposition which I have now endeavoured to illustrate was, at a subsequent period of his life, the opinion of Johnson himself....literature and vivacity, sallied forth with a little jeu d' esprit upon the following passage in his Grammar of the English Tongue, prefixed to the Dictionary...

...are cold and dull. The proposition which I have now endeavoured to illustrate was, at a subsequent period of his life, the opinion of Johnson himself....literature and vivacity, sallied forth with a little jeu d' esprit upon the following passage in his Grammar of the English Tongue, prefixed to the Dictionary...

...and to gain new friends; for it is in the course of a periodical work as elsewhere in the world : " if a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances...through life, he will soon find himself left alone." There is, moreover, something agreeable in writing a preface : it yields a second crop of pleasurable...

...are cold and dull. The proposition which I have now endeavoured to illustrate was, at a subsequent period of his life, the opinion of Johnson himself....constant repair." The celebrated Mr. Wilkes, whose no[See ante, p. 102.— ED.] tions and habits of life were very oppoi to his, but who was ever eminent...

...are cold and dull. The proposition which I have now endeavoured to illustrate was, at a subsequent period of his life, the opinion of Johnson himself....literature and vivacity, sallied forth with a little Jeu <? Esprit upon the following passage in his Grammar of the English Tongue, prefixed to the Dictionary...

...are cold and dull. The proposition which I have now endeavoured to illustrate was, at a subsequent that " of Mallet he had a very slight personal knowledge." ... ـ 0 "6 1835 G. Dearborn"! Boswell James" James Boswell( Boon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in conitant repair." The celebrated...

...are cold and dull. The proposition which I have now endeavoured to illustrate was, at a subsequent period of his life, the opinion of Johnson himself....constant repair." The celebrated Mr. Wilkes, whose no1 [See ante, p. 102.— ED.] tions and habits of life were very opposite to his, but who was ever...

...are cold and dull. The proposition which I have now endeavoured to illustrate was, at a subsequent period of his life, the opinion of Johnson himself....literature and vivacity, sallied forth with a little Jeu d Esprit upon the following passage in his Grammar of the English Tongue, prefixed to the Dictionary:...

...friendships, Dr. Johnson said to Sir Joshua Reynolds, " If a man does not make new acquaintance as he passes through life, he will soon find himself left alone....Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair." ' He observed, that a man of sense and education should meet a suitable companion in his wife. It was...

...best accountant, who can cast up correctly the sum of his own errors. — Nevins. ACQUAINTANCE. — If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself loft alone. — A man should keep his friendship in constant repair. — Dr. Johnson. ACQUISITION....