...make famous by his contributions) appeared the following advertisement : " At Edial, near Lichneld, in Staffordshire, young gentlemen are boarded and...the Latin and Greek Languages by Samuel Johnson." Had there been prevision of his future greatness among the parents of the "young gentlemen," a baronial...

...school ; all these events come in quick succession. In the Gentleman's Magazine in 1 736, appeared the following advertisement : At Edial, near Lichfield,...Staffordshire, young gentlemen are boarded and taught the Greek and Latin Languages by Samuel Johnson. The school failed dismally ; but one of his pupils was...