Identifier: johnsonianaorsup00bosw (find matches)
Title: Johnsoniana : or, Supplement to Boswell : being anecdotes and sayings of Dr. Johnson / collected by Piozzi, Hawkins, Tyers ... (et al.).
Year: 1836 (1830s)
Authors: Boswell, James, 1740-1795. Life of Samuel Johnson
Subjects: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784
Publisher: London : J. Murray
Contributing Library: UCLA Library, Preservation Department
Digitizing Sponsor: University of California, Los Angeles

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iins on in/1736. PARKER. 227 38 k Lives of the Poets.Mrs. Gastrel was on a visit at Mr. Herveys, in Lon-don, at the time that Johnson was writing the Rambler :the printers boy would often come after him to their house,and wait while he wrote off a paper for the press in a roomfull of company. A great portion of the Lives of thePoets was written at Stow-Hi 11: he had a table by one ofthe windows, which was frequently surrounded by five orsix ladies engaged in work or conversation. Mrs. Gastrelhad a very valuable edition of Baileys Dictionary, towhich she often referred. She told him that Miss Sewardsaid that he had made poetry of no value by his criticism. Why, my dear lady, replied he, if silver is dirty, it isnot the less valuable for a good scouring. 385. Climbing. A large party had one day been invited to meet theDoctor at Stow-Hill: the dinner waited far beyond theusual hour, and the company were about to sit down,when Johnson appeared at the great gate ; he stood forsome time in

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