88.
ZELIDE, ii. 56, n. 2.
ZENOBIA, ii. 127, n. 3.
_Zobeide_, iii. 38.
ZOFFANI, J., iv. 421, n. 2.
ZON, Mr., i. 274.
ZOZIMA, i. 223.
DICTA PHILOSOPHI.
A CONCORDANCE OF JOHNSON'S SAYINGS.
ABANDON. 'Sir, a man might write such stuff for ever, if he would
abandon his mind to it,' iv. 183.
ABSTRACT. 'Why, Sir, he fancies so, because he is not accustomed
to abstract,' ii. 99.
ABSURD. 'When people see a man absurd in what they understand, they
may conclude the same of him in what they do not understand,' ii. 466.
ABUSE. 'Warburton, by extending his abuse, rendered it ineffectual,'
v. 93;
'They may be invited on purpose to abuse him,' ii. 362;
'You _may_ abuse a tragedy, though you cannot write one,' i. 409.
ACCELERATION. 'You cannot conceive with what acceleration I advance
towards death,' iv. 411.
_Accommode_. 'J'ai accommode un diner qui faisait trembler toute la
France' (recorded by Boswell), v. 310, n. 3.
ACTION. 'Action may augment noise, but it never can enforce
argument,' ii. 211.
ADMIRATION. 'Very near to admiration is the wish to admire,'
iii. 411, n. 2.
AGAIN. 'See him again' (Beauclerk), iv. 197.
ALIVE. 'Are we alive after all this satire?' iv. 29.
ALMANAC. 'Then, Sir, you would reduce all history to no better than
an almanac' (Boswell), ii. 366.
AMAZEMENT. 'His taste is amazement,' ii. 41, n. 1.
AMBASSADOR. 'The ambassador says well,' iii.
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