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Life of Johnson, Volume 5 Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774)

O! while along the stream of time, thy name Expanded flies, and gathers all its fame, Say, shall my little bark attendant fail, Pursue the triumph and partake the gale? POPE.

Chapters

1. VOLUME V.

O! while along the stream of time, thy name Expanded flies, and gathers all its fame, Say, shall my little bark attendant fail, Pursue the triumph and partake the gale? POPE.

2. mill. I regret whenever I see it unemployed; but sometimes I feel myself

We set out about four. Young Corrichatachin went with us. We had a fine evening, and arrived in good time at _Ostig_, the residence of Mr. Martin M'Pherson, minister of Slate. I...

3. vii. 484):--'I confess I have not quite so heinous an idea of sacrilege

as Dr. Johnson. Of all kinds of robbery, that appears to me the lightest species which injures nobody. Dr. Johnson is so pious that in his journey to your country he flatters hi...

8. Act v.

'An honest guardian, arbitrator just Be thou; thy station deem a sacred trust. With thy good sword maintain thy country's cause; In every action venerate its laws: The lie subor...

5. l. 134:--

[877] In Johnson's _Works_, i. 167, these lines are given with amendments and additions, mostly made by Johnson, but some, Mr. Croker believes, by Mr. Langton. In the following...

4. viii. 274), speaks of Spence as 'a man whose learning was not very

great, and whose mind was not very powerful. His criticism, however, was commonly just; what he thought he thought rightly; and his remarks were recommended by his coolness and...

7. Act iv.

'Unknown I die; no tongue shall speak of me. Some noble spirits, judging by themselves, May yet conjecture what I might have proved, And think life only wanting to my fame.'

6. Act i.