.. Believe me, my Lord, you are not the only bishop in the number
of great men with which my pages are graced. I am quite resolute as to
this matter."
'--Nichols's _Literary History_, vii. 313.
_Sir Thomas Brown's remark 'Do the devils lie? No; for then Hell could
not subsist._'
(Vol. iii, p. 293.)
This remark, whether it is Brown's or not, may have been suggested by
Milton's lines in _Paradise Lost_, ii. 496-9, or might have suggested
them:--
'O shame to men! devil with devil damn'd
Firm concord holds, men only disagree
Of creatures rational.'
_Johnson on the advantages of having a profession or business_.
(Vol. iii, p. 309, n. 1.)
'Dr. Johnson was of opinion that the happiest as well as the most
virtuous persons were to be found amongst those who united with a
business or profession a love of literature.'
--Seward's _Biographiana_, p. 599.
_Johnson's trips to the country_.
(Vol. iii, p. 453.)
I have omitted to mention Johnson's visit to 'Squire Dilly's mansion
at Southill in June, 1781 (_ante_, iv. 118-132).
_Citations of living authors in Johnson's Dictionary_.
(Vol. iv, p. 4, n. 3.)
Johnson cites _Irene_ under _impostures_, and Lord Lyttelton under
_twist_.
_Dr. Parrs evening with Dr. Johnson_.
(Vol. iv, p. 15.)
The Rev. John Rigaud, B.D., Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, has
kindly sent me the following anecdote of the meeting of Johnson and
Parr:--
'I remember Dr.
Pages:
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82