The Life of Samuel Johnson - James Boswell [946]
1273. supremum for extremum: Supremum: final or dying. Extremum: long.
1274. nobilissimus: Most noble.
1275. Preces… inauditas: ‘He seems to have been careful in his prayers; I hope they were heard.’
1276. a person: George Steevens.
1277. Melius… non errasse: ‘Better so to have repented than never to have sinned.’
1278. Te teneam… manu: ‘When I expire, let my trembling hand hold yours’ – Tibullus, I.i.60. Cf. Johnson, Adventurer, 58 (1753).
1279. Mr. Blackwell: In fact the Revd Anthony Blackwall.
1280. Tantùm… Virgilium: ‘I caught a glimpse of Virgil’ – Ovid, Tristia, IV.x.5.
1281. Dr. P∗∗∗∗∗∗∗: Joseph Priestley.
1282. long hundred: Six score, or 120.
1283. an excellent lady: Mrs John Hoole.
1284. a rich… young gentleman: Sir John Lade.
1285. ∗∗∗ ∗∗∗∗: Sir John.
1286. use his pencil: Paint (and thus engage in gainful work).
1287. Samuel Johnson… lxxv : ‘Samuel Johnson, LL.D., died 13 December in the year of Our Lord 1784. Aged 75.’
1288. venew: A thrust or hit in fencing; a stroke or wound with a weapon (OED, 2a).
1289. Guide, Philosopher, and Friend: Pope, An Essay on Man, iv.390.
1290. a lady: Anne Penny.
1291. A… CVRAVER: ‘Alpha Omega | To Samuel Johnson, | a grammarian and critic | of great skill in English literature; | a poet admirable for the light of his sentences | and the weight of his words; | a most grave teacher of virtue | an excellent man of singular example, | who lived 75 years, 2 months, 14 days. | He died on the 13 December in the year of Christ 1784, | was buried in the Church of St Peter, Westminster, | the 20 December 1784. | His literary friends and companions | by a collection of money | caused this monument to be made.’
1292. ENMAKAPEΣΣIΠONΩNANTAIOΣEIHAMOIBH: An alteration by Dr Samuel Parr of a line of Dionysius Periegetes (l. 1186) which Johnson himself had used to conclude the final Rambler paper (208, 4 March 1752): Aντων x μαxαων ανταζιo ιη αμoιβη. Johnson himself translated the line into a couplet: ‘Celestial Pow’rs! that piety regard, | From you my labours wait their last reward.’
1293. Faciebat… m.dcc.lxxxxv: Made by John Bacon, sculptor, in the year of Christ 1795.
1294. laudari… viro: ‘To be praised by one whom all men praise.’
1295. vivida vis: Lively force.
1296. Olla Podrida: The Olla Podrida was a periodical published at Oxford in 1787.
1297. of him… much will be required: Luke 12:48.
1298. If in this life… miserable: Cf. 1 Corinthians 15:19.
Table of Contents
Cover
About the Author
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Acknowledgements
Chronologies
Introduction
Further Reading
A Note on the Text
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON
Appendix 1 Selected Variants in the First Three Editions
Appendix 2 Selected MS Variants
Index Of Subjects
Index Of Places
Index of Works and Literary Characters
Index of Persons
NOTES
Footnotes
THE LIFE SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D.
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