Nichols; and who (in his seventy-seventh year), when in Mr.
Baldwin's printing-house, composed a part of the first edition of this
work concerning him. By producing the manuscript, he at once satisfied
Dr. Johnson that he was not to blame. Upon which Johnson candidly
and earnestly said to him, 'Mr. Compositor, I ask your pardon. Mr.
Compositor, I ask your pardon, again and again.'
His generous humanity to the miserable was almost beyond example. The
following instance is well attested:--Coming home late one night, he
found a poor woman lying in the street, so much exhausted that she could
not walk; he took her upon his back, and carried her to his house, where
he discovered that she was one of those wretched females who had fallen
into the lowest state of vice, poverty, and disease. Instead of harshly
upbraiding her, he had her taken care of with all tenderness for a long
time, at considerable expence, till she was restored to health, and
endeavoured to put her into a virtuous way of living.
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