Boswell's Life Of Johnson


WHEN Boswell's Life of Johnson, first made its appearance, Boswell was

so full of it that he could neither think nor talk of anything else: so

much so, that meeting Lord Thurlow hurrying through Parliament Street to

get to the House of Lords, where an important debate was expected, and

for which he was already too late, Boswell had the temerity to stop and

accost him with Have you read my book?--Yes, ---- you! replied Lord

Thurlow, every word of it; I could not help myself.



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