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ming´table。 ;Why�察�life must be filled up�察─�says Johnson�察 �and the man who is not capable of intellectual pleasures must content himself with such as his senses can afford。; Another was a hoarder。 ;Why�察�a fellow must do something�察�and what�察�so easy to a narrow mind as hoarding halfpence till they turn into sixpences。; Avarice was a vice against which�察�however�察�I never much heard Mr。 Johnson declaim�察�till one represented it to him connected with cruelty�察�or some such disgraceful companion。 ;Do not�察─�said he�察 �discourage your children from hoarding if they have a taste to it�此 �whoever lays up his penny rather than part with it for a cake�察�at least is not the slave of gross appetite�察�and shows besides a preference always to be esteemed�察�of the future to the present moment。 Such a mind may be made a good one�察�but the natural spendthrift�察�who grasps his pleasures greedily and coarsely�察�and cares for nothing but immediate indulgence�察�is very little to be valued above a negro。; We talked of Lady Tavistock�察�who grieved herself to death for the loss of her husband;She was rich�察�and wanted employment�察─�says Johnson�察 �so she cried till she lost all power of restraining her tears�此 �other women are forced to outlive their husbands�察�who were just as much beloved�察�depend on it�察�but they have no time for grief�此 �and I doubt not�察�if we had put my Lady Tavistock into a small chandler's shop�察�and given her a nurse´child to tend�察�her life would have been saved。 The poor and the busy have no leisure for sentimental sorrow。; We were speaking of a gentleman who loved his friend;Make him Prime Minister�察─�says Johnson�察 �and see how long his friend will be remembered。; But he had a rougher answer for me�察�when I commended a sermon preached by an intimate acquaintance of our own at the trading end of the town。 ;What was the subject�察�madam�拭─�says Dr。 Johnson。 ;Friendship�察�sir�察─�replied I。 ;Why�察�now�察�is it not strange that a wise man�察�like our dear little Evans�察�should take it in his head to preach on such a subject�察�in a place where no one can be thinking of it�拭─ �Why�察�what are they thinking upon�察�sir�拭─�said I。 ;Why�察�the men are thinking on their money�察�I suppose�察�and the women are thinking of their mops。;
Dr。 Johnson's knowledge and esteem of what we call low or coarse life was indeed prodigious�察�and he did not like that the upper ranks should be dignified with the name of THE WORLD。 Sir Joshua Reynolds said one day that nobody WORE laced coats now�察�and that once everybody wore them。 ;See�察�now�察─�says Johnson�察 �how absurd that is�察�as if the bulk of mankind consisted of fine gentlemen that came to him to sit for their pictures。 If every man who wears a laced coat ��that he can pay for�� was extirpated�察�who would miss them�拭─ �With all this haughty contempt of gentility�察�no praise was more welcome to Dr。 Johnson than that which said he had the notions or manners of a gentleman�此 �which character I have heard him define with accuracy�察�and describe with elegance。 ;Officers�察─�he said�察 �were falsely supposed to have the carriage of gentlemen�察�whereas no profession left a stronger brand behind it than that of a soldier�察�and it was the essence of a gentleman's character to bear the visible mark of no profession whatever。; He once named Mr。 Berenger as the standard of true elegance�察�but some one objecting that he too much resembled the gentleman in Congreve's comedies�察�Mr。 Johnson said�察 �We must fix them upon the famous Thomas Hervey�察�whose manners were polished even to acuteness and brilliancy�察�though he lost but little in solid power of reasoning�察�and in genuine force of mind。; Mr。 Johnson had�察�however�察�an avowed and scarcely limited partiality for all who bore the name or boasted the alliance of an Aston or a Hervey�察�and when Mr。 Thrale once asked him which had been the happiest period of his past life�拭�he replied�察 �It was that year in which he spent one whole evening with M´y Asn。 That�察�indeed�察─�said he�察 �was not happiness�察�it was rapture�察�but the thoughts of it sweetened the whole year。; I must add that the evening alluded to was not passed tete´a´tete�察�but in a select company�察�of which the present Lord Killmorey was one。 ;Molly�察─�says Dr。 Johnson�察 �was a beauty and a scholar�察�and a wit and a Whig�察�and she talked all in praise of liberty�此 �and so I made this epigram upon her。 She was the loveliest creature I ever saw�。。�
;'Liber ut esse velim�察�suasisti pulchra Maria�察 �Ut maneam liberpulchra Maria�察�vale��';
;Will it do this way in English�察�sir�拭─�said I。
;Persuasions to freedom fall oddly from you�察 �If freedom we seekfair Maria�察�adieu� �
;It will do well enough�察� replied he�察 �but it is translated by a lady�察�and the ladies never loved M´y Asn。; I asked him what his wife thought of this attachment�拭 �She was jealous�察�to be sure�察─�said he�察 �and teased me sometimes when I would let her�察�and one day�察�as a fortune´telling gipsy passed us when we were walking out in company with two or three friends in the country�察�she made the wench look at my hand�察�but soon repented her curiosity�察�'for��' says the gipsy�察�'your heart is divided�察�sir�察�between a Betty and a Molly�此 �Betty loves you best�察�but you take most delight in Molly's company。' When I turned about to laugh�察�I saw my wife was crying。 Pretty charmer� �she had no reason� �
It was�察�I believe�察�long after the currents of life had driven him to a great distance from this lady�察�that he spent much of his time with Mrs。 F´tzhbt�察�of whom he always spoke with esteem and tenderness�察�and with a veneration very difficult to deserve。 ;That woman�察─�said he�察 �loved her husband as we hope and desire to be loved by our guardian angel。 F´tzhb´ ´t was a gay�察�good´humoured fellow�察�generous of his money and of his meat�察�and desirous of nothing but cheerful society among people distinguished in SOME way�察�in ANY WAY�察�I think�察�for Rousseau and St。 Austin would have been equally welcome to his table and to his kindness。 The lady�察�however�察�was of another way of thinking�此 �her first care was to preserve her husband's soul from corruption�察�her second�察�to keep his estate entire for their children�此 �and I owed my good reception in the family to the idea she had entertained�察�that I was fit company for F´tzhbt�察�whom I loved extremely。 'They dare not��' said she�察�'swear�察�and take other conversation´liberties before YOU。'; I asked if her husband returned her regard�拭 �He felt her influence too powerfully�察─�replied Mr。 Johnson�察 �no man will be fond of what forces him daily to feel himself inferior。 She stood at the door of her paradise in Derbyshire�察�like the angel with a flaming sword�察�to keep the devil at a distance。 But she was not immortal�察�poor dear� �she died�察�and her husband felt at once afflicted and released。; I inquired if she was handsome�拭 �She would have been handsome for a queen�察─�replied the panegyrist�察 �her beauty had more in it of majesty than of attraction�察�more of the dignity of virtue than the vivacity of wit。; The friend of this lady�察�Miss Bthby�察�succeeded her in the management of Mr。 F´tzhbt's family�察�and in the esteem of Dr。 Johnson�察�though he told me she pushed her piety to bigotry�察�her devotion to enthusiasm�察�that she somewhat disqualified herself for the duties of THIS life�察�by her perpetual aspirations after the NEXT。 Such was�察�however�察�the purity of her mind�察�he said�察�and such the graces of her manner�察�that Lord Lyttelton and he used to strive for her preference with an emulation that occasioned hourly disgust�察�and ended in lasting animosity。 ;You may see�察─�said he to me�察�when the ;Poets' Lives; were printed�察 �that dear Bthby is at my heart still。 She WOULD delight in that fellow Lyttelton's company though�察�all that I could do�察�and I cannot forgive even his memory the preference given by a mind like hers。; I have heard Baretti say that when this lady died�察�Dr。 Johnson was almost distracted with his grief�察�and that the friends about him had much ado to calm the violence of his emotion。 Dr。 Taylor�察�too�察�related once to Mr。 Thrale and me�察�that when he lost his wife�察�the negro Francis ran away�察�though in the middle of the night�察�to Westminster�察�to fetch Dr。 Taylor to his master�察�who was all but wild with excess of sorrow�察�and scarce knew him when he arrived。 After some minutes�察�however�察�the Doctor proposed their going to prayers�察�as the only rational method of calming the disorder this misfortune had occasioned in both their spirits。 Time�察�and resignation to the will of God�察�cured every breach in his heart before I made acquaintance with him�察�though he always persisted in saying he never rightly recovered the loss of his wife。 It is in allusion to her that he records the observation of a female critic�察�as he calls her�察�in Gay's ;Life�察─�and the lady of great beauty and elegance�察�mentioned in the criticisms upon Pope's epitaphs�察�was Miss Molly Aston。 The person spoken of in his strictures upon Young's poetry is the writer of these anecdotes�察�to whom he likewise addressed the following verses when he was in the Isle of Skye with Mr。 Boswell。 The letters written in his journey�察�I used to tell him�察�were better than the printed book�察�and he was not displeased at my having taken the pains to copy them all over。 Here is the Latin ode��
;Permeo terras�察�ubi nuda rupes Saxeas miscet nebulis ruinas�察 �Torva ubi rident steriles coloni Rura labores。
;Pervagor gentes�察�hominum ferorum Vita ubi nullo decorata cultu�察 �Squallet informis�察�tigurique fumis Faeda latescit。
;Inter erroris salebrosa longi�察 �Inter ignotae strepitus loquelae�察 �Quot modis mecum�察�quid agat requiro Thralia dulcis��
;Seu viri curas pia nupta mulcet�察 �Seu fovet mater sobolem benigna�察 �Sive cum libris novitate pascit Sedula mentem��
;Sit memor nostri�察�fideique merces�察 �Stet fides constans�察�meritoque blandum Thraliae discant resonare nomen Littora Skiae。;
On another occasion I can boast verses from Dr。 Johnson。 As I went into his room the morning of my birthday once�察�and said to him�察 �Nobody sends me any verses now�察�because I am five´and´thirty years old�察�and Stella was fed with them till forty´six�察�I remember。; My being just recovered from illness and confinement will account for the manner in which he burst out�察�suddenly�察�for so he did without the least previous hesitation whatsoever�察�and without having entertained the smallest intention towards it half a minute before��
;Oft in danger�察�yet alive�察 �We are come to thirty´five�察 �Long may better years arrive�察 �Better years than thirty´five。 Could philosophers contrive Life to stop at thirty´five�察 �Time his hours should never drive O'er the bounds of thirty´five。 High to soar�察�and deep to dive�察 �Nature gives at thirty´five。 Ladies�察�stock and tend your hive�察 �Trifle not at thirty´five�此 �For howe'er we boast and strive�察 �Life declines from thirty´five。 He that ever hopes to thrive Must begin by thirty´five�察 �And all who wisely wish to wive Must look on Thrale at thirty´five。;
;And now�察─�said he�察�as I was writing them down�察 �you may see what it is to come for poetry to a dictionary´maker�察�you may