THE

TABLE TALK

OF

SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL. D.

COMPRISING HIS

MOST INTERESTING REMARKS AND OBSERVATIONS.

COLLECTED BY

JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ. F.R.S.

"From his cradle

"He was a Scholar, and a ripe and good one:

"And to add greater honours to his age

"Than man could give him, he died fearing Heaven.

SHAKSPEARE.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR J. COXHEAD, 249, HIGH HOLBORN.