I
remarked Dr. Johnson's very respectful politeness. Though always fond of
changing the scene, he said, 'We must have Mr. Dilly's leave. We cannot
go from your house, Sir, without your permission.' We all went, and were
well satisfied with our visit.
When I observed that a housebreaker was in general very timorous;
JOHNSON. 'No wonder, Sir; he is afraid of being shot getting INTO a
house, or hanged when he has got OUT of it.'
He told us, that he had in one day written six sheets of a translation
from the French, adding, 'I should be glad to see it now. I wish that I
had copies of all the pamphlets written against me, as it is said Pope
had. Had I known that I should make so much noise in the world, I should
have been at pains to collect them. I believe there is hardly a day in
which there is not something about me in the newspapers.'
On Monday, June 4, we all went to Luton-Hoe, to see Lord Bute's
magnificent seat, for which I had obtained a ticket. As we entered
the park, I talked in a high style of my old friendship with Lord
Mountstuart, and said, 'I shall probably be much at this place.
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