P 102

It is impossible for me an enthusiastic Tory,
not to tell the world what I feel, and shall ex-
press with that reverential fondness which cha-
racterises a true royalist. Soon after the death
of my illustrious friend, HIS MAJESTY one
day at the levee, after observing that he be-
lieved Dr. Johnson was as good a man as ever
lived; was graciously pleased to say to me, "There
" will be many lives of Dr. Johnson: do you
" give the best."---I flatter myself that I
have obeyed my SOVEREIGN'S commands.