"And who is the gentleman in lace ?"-" Mr. Wilkes, Sir." This information confounded him still more: he had some difficulty to restrain himself, and taking up a book sat down upon a window-seat and read.-Page 43. OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. COMPREHENDING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS STUDIES AND NUMEROUS WORKS, A SERIES OF HIS EPISTOLARY CORRESPONDENCE AND CONVERSATIONS AND VARIOUS ORIGINAL PIECES OF HIS COMPOSITION, NEVER THE WHOLE EXHIBITING A VIEW OF LITERATURE AND LITERARY MEN IN GREAT BRITAIN, AND ILLUSTRATED WITH NUMEROUS PORTRAITS, VIEWS, AND CHARACTERISTIC DESIGNS, IN FOUR VOLUMES.-VOL. III. LONDON: G. ROUTLEDGE & CO., FARRINGDON STREET. NEW YORK: 18, BEEKMAN STREET. 1856. |