Your extent puts me in mind of the
citizen's enlarged dinner, two pieces of roast-beef, and two puddings.
There is no variety, no mind exerted in laying out the ground,
no trees.' PERCY. 'He pretends to give the natural history of
Northumberland, and yet takes no notice of the immense number of trees
planted there of late.' JOHNSON. 'That, Sir, has nothing to do with
the NATURAL history; that is CIVIL history. A man who gives the natural
history of the oak, is not to tell how many oaks have been planted in
this place or that. A man who gives the natural history of the cow, is
not to tell how many cows are milked at Islington. The animal is the
same, whether milked in the Park or at Islington.' PERCY. 'Pennant does
not describe well; a carrier who goes along the side of Loch-lomond
would describe it better.' JOHNSON. 'I think he describes very well.'
PERCY. 'I travelled after him.' JOHNSON. 'And I travelled after him.'
PERCY. 'But, my good friend, you are short-sighted, and do not see so
well as I do.
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