2.2. Waterston THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. BY JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ. A New Edition. IN FOUR VOLUMES. VOL. IV. LONDON: PRINTED FOR G. WALKER, J. AKERMAN, E. EDWARDS, J. HARWOOD, W. ROBINSONS AND SONS, LIVERPOOL; E. THOMSON, MANCHESTER; HARVARD COLLEGE Oct 11, 1938 2A ។ 37 Plummer and Brewis, Printers, Love Lane, Eastcheap. MR. MACBEAN, whom I have mentioned more than once, as one of Johnson's humble friends, a deserving but unfortunate man, being now oppressed by age and poverty, Johnson solicited the Lord Chancellor Thurlow, to have him admitted into the Charter-house. I take the liberty to insert his Lordship’s answer, as I am eager to embrace every occasion of augmenting the respectable notion which should ever be entertained of my illustrious friend : TO DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON. SIR, London, October 24, 1780. “I HAVE this moment received your letter dated the 19th, and returned from Bath. “ In the beginning of the summer I placed one in the Chartreux, without the sanction of a recommendation so distinct and so authoritative as yours of Macbean; and I am afraid, that according to the establishment of the House, the opportunity of making the charity so good amends will not soon But whenever a vacancy shall happen, if recur. |