...enn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Life of Johnson by James Boswell, abridged and edited with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgo... ...gain. This rare charm the book owes in large mea- sure to its creator. THE ALLIANCE OF author with subject in Boswell’s Johnson is one of the happiest... ...ith contempt. He was a whig, with all the virulence and malevolence of his party; yet difference of opinion did not keep us apart. I honoured him and ... ...that is not better expressed than was usual before he appeared to lead the national taste. Though The Rambler was not concluded till the year 1752, I ... ...cotland with a good humoured pleasantry, which gave me, though no bigot to national prejudices, an op- portunity for a little contest with him. I havi... ...d affluence of conversation; but I would not talk to him of the Rockingham party.’ Goldsmith. ‘But, Sir, when people live together who have something ... ... to a gentleman from that country, on the subject of an union which artful Politicians have often had in view—’Do not make an union with us, Sir. We s... ...swell’s Life of Johnson been carried on. In this war the smaller powers in alliance with him were of course led to en- gage, at least on the defensive... ... very little communication between Edwards and him, after their unexpected renewal of acquain- tance. ‘But, (said he, smiling), he met me once, and sa...

...Preface: In making this abridgement of Boswell?s Life of Johnson I have omitted most of Boswell?s criticisms, comments, and notes, all of Johnson?s opinions in legal cases, most of the letters, and parts of the conversation dealing with matters which were of great...