...of any such defalcation, hut I regretted it; for though the story is long, every letter is short. " I wish you would add an index rerum, that when the...recollects any incident, he may easily find it, which al present he cannot do, unless he knows in which volume it is told; for Clarissa is not a performance...

...of any such defalcation, but I regretted it; for though the story is long, every letter is short. " Q he read with eagerness, and laid aside forever; hut will he occasionally consulted by the busy, the...

...of any such defalcation, but I regretted it; for though the story is long, every letter is short. " I wish you would add an index rerum, that when the...performance to be read with eagerness, and laid aside forever; but will he occasionally consulted by the busy, the aged, and the studious; and therefore...

...subjects which engaged his attention. Dr. Johnson to Richardson respecting a new editiou of Clarissa : " 1 wish you would add an index rerum, that when the reader...incident, he may easily find it, which at present ho cannot do, unless he knows in which volume It is told; fori'larisiei IK not a performance to be...

...Johnson to Richardson respecting a new edition of Clarissa : " I wish yon would add an index rervm, that when the reader recollects any Incident, he may...performance to be read with eagerness, and laid aside forever; but will be occasionally consulted by the busy, the aged, and the studious; and therefore...

...Johuson to Richardson respecting a new edition of Clarissa: •• I wish you would add an imltx rerwn, that when the reader recollects any incident, he may easily find it, which at present be cannot do, unless he knows In which volume it Is told ; for Clarissa is not a performance to lie...

...appears to us, of one of the peculiar merits of the novelist. He writes, speaking of " Clarissa," " I wish you would add an Index rerum, that when the...reader recollects any incident he may easily find it." Johnson makes a similar suggestion when " Grandison " was published. " ' Clarissa,' " he says, " is...

...inventory of another's treasure. GLANVILL: Vanity of Dcgmatiting. I wish you would add an index rerun, that when the reader recollects any incident he may...performance to be read with eagerness, and laid aside forever; but will be occasionally consulted by the busy, the aged, and the studious ; and therefore...

...in others the making of, Common-Place Books. " I wish (says Dr. Johnson when writing to Richardson) you would add an index rerum, that when the reader...cannot do unless he knows in which volume it is told." " Reading (says Allibone) is that art by which I am enabled to avail myself of the recorded wisdom...

...in others the making of, Common-Place Books. " I wish (says Dr. Johnson when writing to Richardson) you would add an index rerum, that when the reader...cannot do unless he knows in which volume it is told." " Reading (says Allibone) is that art by which I am enabled to avail myself of the recorded wisdom...