...riot refrain from expreffing himfelf concerning that nobleman with pointed freedom: " This man (faid he) I thought had been a Lord among wits; but, I find,...among Lords ! " And when his Letters to his natural fon were publifhed, he obferved, that " they teach the morals of a whore, and the manners 'of a dancing-mafter...

...This, as Dr. Adams well observed, was one of those happy turns for which he was so remarkably ready. Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of...only a wit among Lords'!' And when his Letters to his humour; but by no means reply in the same way ; which only shows that you are hurt, and publishes the...

...This, as Dr. Adams well observed, was one of those happy turns for which he was so remarkably ready. Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of...(said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits ; but, \ find, he is only a wit among Lords !" And when his Letters to his natural son were published, he...

...SAMUEL JOHNSON." Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of Lord Chesterfield, did not refrainr from expressing himself concerning that nobleman with...teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing-master." In 1736, he resumed his scheme of giving an edition of (shakspeare with notes. He...

...nobleman with pointed freedom : 45. . '* This man (said he) 1 thought had been a Lord among wits ; but, 1 find, he is only a wit among Lords !"* And when his...teach the morals of a whore, ' and the manners of a dancing-master." 9 The character of a " respectable Hottentot," in Lord Chesterfield's letters, has...

...envy, want, the Patron, and the jail : and speaking of him to his friends, " This man," would he say, " I thought had been a Lord among wits, but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords !" Whatever severity there may be in this observation, the opinion which he pronounced upon the Letters...

...want, the -Pad-on, and the jail : and speaking of him to his friends, " This man,'' would he say, " I thought had been a Lord among wits, but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords !" Whatever severity there may be in this observation, the opinion which he pronounced upon the Letters...

...envy, want, the Patron, and the jail : and speaking of him to his friends, " This man," would he say, " I thought had been a Lord among wits, but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords !" Whatever severity there may be in this observation, the opinion which he pronounced upon the Letters...

...patron, but publicly expressed his opinion of him with pointed severity. " This man," he used to say, " I thought, had been a lord among wits, but I find he is only a wit among lords." When the " Letters to his Son " appeared, many years afterwards, * he observed, with more justice,...

...This, as Dr. Adams well observed, was one of those happy turns for which he was so remarkably ready. Johnson having now explicitly avowed his opinion of...among Lords !" And when his letters to his natural snn were published, he observed, that " they teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancingmaster."*...