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Article ANECDOTES OF DR. JOHNSON, &c. ← Page 7 of 8 →
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Anecdotes Of Dr. Johnson, &C.
Iron * . " The Bishop of Killaloe , on my repeating the story to his Lordship , defended Twalmley , by observing , that he was entitled to the epithet of great ; for Virgil in his group of worthies in the Elysian
Fields—Hie maims ob patriam pugnando vulnera passi , £ ?< :. Mentions Inventus aut qui vitam excoluere per artes . He would not allow Mr . David Hume an } ' credit for his political p rinciples , though similar to his own ; saying to him , " Sir , he was a Tory by chance . "
His acute observation of human life made him remark , " Sir , there is nothjngby which man exasperates most people more , than by displayinga superior ability , or brilliancy in conversation . They seem pleased at the time , but their envy makes them curse him at their hearts . " Johnson was Wont often to exercise both his pleasantry and ingenuity in talking Jacobitism . My much-respected friend Dr .
Douglas , now Bishop of Salisbury , has favoured me with the following admirable instance from his Lordship ' s own recollection : One day when dining at old Mr . Langton ' s , where Miss Roberts , his niece , was one of the company , Johnson , with his usual complacent attention to the fair sex , took her by the hand , and said , " My dear , 1 hope you are a Jacobite . " Old Mr . Langton , who ,
though a hig h and steady Tory , was attached ' to the present Royal Famih' , seemed offended , and asked Johnson with great warmth , " What he could mean by putting such a question to his niece ?" " Why , Sir , " said Johnson , " I mean no offence to your niece , I meant her a great compliment . A Jacobite , Sir , believes in the divine rig ht of kings . He that believes in the divine right of kings believes in a Divinity . A Jacobite believes in the divine riht of
g bishops . He that believes in the divine ri ght of bishops believes in the divine authority of the Christian Reli gion . Therefore , Sir , a Jacobite is neither an Atheist nor a Deist . That cannot be said of a whig , for wbiggism is a negation of all principle . " He used to tell , with great humour , from my relation to him , the following little story of my early yearswhich was literally true : "Boswellin the
, , year 1745 , was a fine boy , wore a white cockade , and prayed for King James , till one of his uncles ( General Cochran ) gave him a shilling on condition that he should pray for King George , which he accordingly did . So you see ( says Boswell ) that Whigs of all nations are made the same way . "
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Anecdotes Of Dr. Johnson, &C.
Iron * . " The Bishop of Killaloe , on my repeating the story to his Lordship , defended Twalmley , by observing , that he was entitled to the epithet of great ; for Virgil in his group of worthies in the Elysian
Fields—Hie maims ob patriam pugnando vulnera passi , £ ?< :. Mentions Inventus aut qui vitam excoluere per artes . He would not allow Mr . David Hume an } ' credit for his political p rinciples , though similar to his own ; saying to him , " Sir , he was a Tory by chance . "
His acute observation of human life made him remark , " Sir , there is nothjngby which man exasperates most people more , than by displayinga superior ability , or brilliancy in conversation . They seem pleased at the time , but their envy makes them curse him at their hearts . " Johnson was Wont often to exercise both his pleasantry and ingenuity in talking Jacobitism . My much-respected friend Dr .
Douglas , now Bishop of Salisbury , has favoured me with the following admirable instance from his Lordship ' s own recollection : One day when dining at old Mr . Langton ' s , where Miss Roberts , his niece , was one of the company , Johnson , with his usual complacent attention to the fair sex , took her by the hand , and said , " My dear , 1 hope you are a Jacobite . " Old Mr . Langton , who ,
though a hig h and steady Tory , was attached ' to the present Royal Famih' , seemed offended , and asked Johnson with great warmth , " What he could mean by putting such a question to his niece ?" " Why , Sir , " said Johnson , " I mean no offence to your niece , I meant her a great compliment . A Jacobite , Sir , believes in the divine rig ht of kings . He that believes in the divine right of kings believes in a Divinity . A Jacobite believes in the divine riht of
g bishops . He that believes in the divine ri ght of bishops believes in the divine authority of the Christian Reli gion . Therefore , Sir , a Jacobite is neither an Atheist nor a Deist . That cannot be said of a whig , for wbiggism is a negation of all principle . " He used to tell , with great humour , from my relation to him , the following little story of my early yearswhich was literally true : "Boswellin the
, , year 1745 , was a fine boy , wore a white cockade , and prayed for King James , till one of his uncles ( General Cochran ) gave him a shilling on condition that he should pray for King George , which he accordingly did . So you see ( says Boswell ) that Whigs of all nations are made the same way . "