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     ;The tender infant�察�meek and mild�察        �Fell down upon the stone�察      �The nurse took up the squealing child�察        �But still the child squealed on。;

A famous ballad also�察�beginning 'Rio verde�察�Rio verde��' when I commended the translation of it�察�he said he could do it better himselfas thus��

     ;Glassy water�察�glassy water�察        �Down whose current clear and strong�察      �Chiefs confused in mutual slaughter�察        �Moor and Christian roll along。;

;But�察�sir�察─�said I�察 �this is not ridiculous at all。;  ;Why�察�no�察─�replied he�察 �why should I always write ridiculously�拭 �Perhaps because I made these verses to imitate such a one�察─�naming him��

     ;'Hermit hoar�察�in solemn cell          Wearing out life's evening grey�察       �Strike thy bosom�察�sage� �and tell          What is bliss�察�and which the way��'

     ;Thus I spoke�察�and speaking sighed�察        �Scarce repressed the starting tear�察      �When the hoary sage replied�察        �'Come�察�my lad�察�and drink some beer。';

I could give another comical instance of caricatura imitation。 Recollecting some day�察�when praising these verses of Lopez de Vega

     ;Se acquien los leones vence�察        �Vence una muger hermosa�察      �O el de flaco averguence�察        �O ella di ser mas furiosa�察�

more than he thought they deserved�察�Mr。 Johnson instantly observed ;that they were founded on a trivial conceit�察�and that conceit ill´explained and ill´expressed besides。  The lady�察�we all know�察�does not conquer in the same manner as the lion does。  'Tis a mere play of words�察─�added he�察 �and you might as well say that

     ;'If the man who turnips cries�察       �Cry not when his father dies�察       �'Tis a proof that he had rather        Have a turnip than his father。';

And this humour is of the same sort with which he answered the friend who commended the following line��

     ;Who rules o'er freemen should himself be free。;

;To be sure�察─�said Dr。 Johnson

     ;'Who drives fat oxen should himself be fat。';

This readiness of finding a parallel�察�or making one�察�was shown by him perpetually in the course of conversation。  When the French verses of a certain pantomime were quoted thus��

     ;Je suis Cassandre descendue des cieux�察      �Pour vous faire entendre�察�mesdames et messieurs�察      �Que je suis Cassandre descendue des cieux�察�

he cried out gaily and suddenly�察�almost in a moment

     ;I am Cassandra come down from the sky�察      �To tell each bystander what none can deny�察      �That I am Cassandra come down from the sky。;

The pretty Italian verses�察�too�察�at the end of Baretti's book called ;Easy Phraseology�察─�he did all' improviso�察�in the same manner��

     ;Viva� �viva la padrona�       �Tutta bella�察�e tutta buona�察      �La padrona e un angiolella       Tutta buona e tutta bella�察      �Tutta bella e tutta buona�察      �Viva� �viva la padrona� �

     ;Long may live my lovely Hetty�       �Always young and always pretty�察      �Always pretty�察�always young�察      �Live my lovely Hetty long�       �Always young and always pretty�       �Long may live my lovely Hetty� �

The famous distich�察�too�察�of an Italian improvisatore�察�when the Duke of Modena ran away from the comet in the year 1742 or 1743��

     ;Se al venir vestro i principi sen' vanno�察      �Deh venga ogni di  durate un anno�察�

;which�察─�said he�察 �would do just as well in our language thus��

     ;'If at your coming princes disappear�察       �Comets� �come every dayand stay a year。';

When some one in company commended the verses of M。 de Benserade a son Lit��

     ;Theatre des ris et des pleurs�察      �Lit� �on je nais�察�et ou je meurs�察      �Tu nous fais voir comment voisins       Sont nos plaisirs et nos chagrins。;

To which he replied without hesitating

     ;'In bed we laugh�察�in bed we cry�察       �And born in bed�察�in bed we die�察       �The near approach a bed may show        Of human bliss to human woe。';

The inscription on the collar of Sir Joseph Banks's goat�察�which had been on two of his adventurous expeditions with him�察�and was then�察�by the humanity of her amiable master�察�turned out to graze in Kent as a recompense for her utility and faithful service�察�was given me by Johnson in the year 1777�察�I think�察�and I have never yet seen it printed��

     ;Perpetui�察�ambita�察�bis terra�察�premia lactis�察      �Haec habet altrici Capra secunda Jovis。;

The epigram written at Lord Anson's house many years ago�察 �where�察─�says Mr。 Johnson�察 �I was well received and kindly treated�察�and with the true gratitude of a wit ridiculed the master of the house before I had left it an hour�察─�has been falsely printed in many papers since his death。  I wrote it down from his own lips one evening in August�察�1772�察�not neglecting the little preface accusing himself of making so graceless a return for the civilities shown him。  He had�察�among other elegancies about the park and gardens�察�been made to observe a temple to the winds�察�when this thought naturally presented itself TO A WIT��

     ;Gratum animum laudo�察�Qui debuit omnia ventis�察      �Quam bene ventorum�察�surgere templa jubet� �

A translation of Dryden's epigram�察�too�察�I used to fancy I had to myself��

     ;Quos laudet vates�察�Graius�察�Romanus�察�et Anglus�察      �Tres tria temporibus secla dedere suis�此      �Sublime ingenium�察�Graius��Romanus habebat       Carmen grande sonans�察�Anglus utrumque tulit。       Nil majus natura capit�此 �clarare priores       Quae potuere duos�察�tertius unus habet�此�

from the famous lines written under Milton's picture��

     ;Three poets in three distant ages born�察      �Greece�察�Italy�察�and England did adorn�察      �The first in loftiness of thought surpassed�察      �The next in majesty�察�in both the last。       The force of Nature could no further go�察      �To make a third she joined the former two。;

One evening in the oratorio season of the year 1771 Mr。 Johnson went with me to Covent Garden Theatre�察�and though he was for the most part an exceedingly bad playhouse companion�察�as his person drew people's eyes upon the box�察�and the loudness of his voice made it difficult for me to hear anybody but himself�察�he sat surprisingly quiet�察�and I flattered myself that he was listening to the music。  When we were got home�察�however�察�he repeated these verses�察�which he said he had made at the oratorio�察�and he bade me translate them��

               IN THEATRO。

     ;Tertii verso quater orbe lustri       Quid theatrales tibi crispe pompae�       �Quam decet canos male literatos                     Sera voluptas��

     ;Tene mulceri fidibus canoris�拭      �Tene cantorum modulis stupere�拭      �Tene per pictas oculo elegante                     Currere formas��

     ;Inter equales sine felle liber�察      �Codices veri studiosus inter       Rectius vives�察�sua quisque carpat                     Gaudia gratus。

     ;Lusibus gaudet puer otiosis       Luxus oblectat juvenem theatri�察      �At seni fluxo sapienter uti                     Tempore restat。;

I gave him the following lines in imitation�察�which he liked well enough�察�I think��

     ;When threescore years have chilled thee quite�察      �Still can theatric scenes delight�拭      �Ill suits this place with learned wight�察                    �May Bates or Coulson cry。

     ;The scholar's pride can Brent disarm�拭      �His heart can soft Guadagni warm�拭      �Or scenes with sweet delusion charm                     The climacteric eye��

     ;The social club�察�the lonely tower�察      �Far better suit thy midnight hour�察      �Let each according to his power                     In worth or wisdom shine��

     ;And while play pleases idle boys�察      �And wanton mirth fond youth employs�察      �To fix the soul�察�and free from toys�察                    �That useful task be thine。;

The copy of verses in Latin hexameters�察�as well as I remember�察�which he wrote to Dr。 Lawrence�察�I forgot to keep a copy of�察�and he obliged me to resign his translation of the song beginning�察 �Busy�察�curious�察�thirsty fly�察─�for him to give Mr。 Langton�察�with a promise NOT to retain a copy。  I concluded he knew why�察�so never inquired the reason。  He had the greatest possible value for Mr。 Langton�察�of Langton Hall�察�Lincoln�察�of whose virtue and learning he delighted to talk in very exalted terms�察�and poor Dr。 Lawrence had long been his friend and confident。  The conversation I saw them hold together in Essex Street one day�察�in the year 1781 or 1782�察�was a melancholy one�察�and made a singular impression on my mind。  He was himself exceedingly ill�察�and I accompanied him thither for advice。  The physician was�察�however�察�in some respects more to be pitied than the patient。  Johnson was panting under an asthma and dropsy�察�but Lawrence had been brought home that very morning struck with the palsy�察�from which he had�察�two hours before we came�察�strove to awaken himself by blisters。  They were both deaf�察�and scarce able to speak besides�此 �one from difficulty of breathing�察�the other from paralytic debility。  To give and receive medical counsel�察�therefore�察�they fairly sat down on each side a table in the doctor's gloomy apartment�察�adorned with skeletons�察�preserved monsters�察�etc。�察�and agreed to write Latin billets to each other。  Such a scene did I never see。  ;You�察─�said Johnson�察 �are timide and gelide�察─�finding that his friend had prescribed palliative�察�not drastic�察�remedies。  ;It is not ME�察─�replies poor Lawrence�察�in an interrupted voice�察 �'tis nature that is gelide and timide。; In fact�察�he lived but few months after�察�I believe�察�and retained his faculties still a shorter time。  He was a man of strict piety and profound learning�察�but little skilled in the knowledge of life or manners�察�and died without having ever enjoyed the reputation he so justly deserved。

Mr。 Johnson's health had been always extremely bad since I first knew him�察�and his over´anxious care to retain without blemish the perfect sanity of his mind contributed much to disturb it。  He had studied medicine diligently in all its branches�察�but had given particular attention to the diseases of the imagination�察�which he watched in himself with a solicitude destructive of his own peace�察�and intolerable to those he trusted。  Dr。 Lawrence told him one day that if he would come and beat him once a week he would bear it�察�but to hear his complaints was more than MAN could support。 'Twas therefore that he tried�察�I suppose�察�and in eighteen years contrived to weary the patience of a WOMAN。  When Mr。 Johnson felt his fancy�察�or fancied he felt it�察�disordered�察�his constant recurrence was to the study of arithmetic�察�and one day that he was totally confined to his chamber�察�and I inquired what he had been doing to divert himself�察�he showed me a calculation which I could scarce be made to understand�察�so vast was the plan of it�察�and so very intricate were the figures�此 �no other�察�indeed�察�than that the national debt�察�computing it at one hundred and eighty millions sterling�察�would�察�if converted into silver�察�serve to make a meridian of that metal�察�I forgot how broad�察�for the globe of the whole earth�察�the real GLOBE。  On a similar occasion I asked him�察�knowing what subject he would like best to talk upon�察�how his opinion stood towards the question between Paschal and Soame Jennings about number and numeration�拭�as the French philosopher observes that infinity�察�though on all sides astonishing�察�appears most so when th

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