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.