...into conversation with him, I ventured to say, ' O Sir, I "cannot think Mr. Garrick would grudge such a trifle to you.' 'Sir,' said he " with a stern look,...no right you have to talk to me on the subject.'" Here was a knock-down for the young enthusiast—only two-and-twenty years of age, it is to be remembered...

...three hundred pounds, him, I ventured to say, 'Oh, sir, I cannot think Mr. Garrick would grudge such a trifle to you."' " Sir," said he, with a stern look,...Garrick longer than you have done, and I know no right that you have to talk to me on the subject." Says Boswell, "Perhaps I deserved this check ; but I felt...

...ingenious author, " I cannot think Mr. Garrick would grudge such a trifle to you." "Sir," replied Johnson, with a stern look, " I have known David Garrick longer...know no right you have to talk to me on the subject." And for once Boswell was subdued. However, there were occasions when the great lexicographer expressed...

...into conversation with him, I ventured to say, ' O, Sir, I cannot think Mr. Garrick would grudge such a trifle to you.' ' Sir, (said he, with a stern look,)...in me, an entire stranger, to express any doubt of 1 See /to/, Aprils, 1775. the SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. From the portrait painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds,...

...into conversation with him, I ventured to say : ' O, sir, I cannot think Mr. Garrick would grudge such a trifle to you.' ' Sir,' said he, with a stern look,...know no right you have to talk to me on the subject.' " Boswell confessed that the check was deserved, and thought he had lost all chance of obtain1 " upon...

...would grudge such a trifle to you." "Sir," replied Johnson sternly, " I have known David Garrick longei than you have done, and I know no right you have to talk to me on the subject." The second blow might have crushed a less intrepid curiosity. Boswell, though silenced, gradually recovered...

...into conversation with him, I ventured to say, "O, Sir, I cannot think Mr. Garrick would grudge such a trifle to you." " Sir, (said he, with a stern look,)...acquaintance and pupil." I now felt myself much mortified, and began to think that the hope which I had long indulged of obtaining his acquaintance was blasted....

...into conversation with him, I ventured to say, " O Sir, I cannot think Mr. G-arrick would grudge such a trifle to you." " Sir," said he, with a stern look,...of his animadversion upon his old acquaintance and pupil.2 1 Prefixed to the first and subsequent editions published by Boswell and Malone. — Editor....

...into conversation with him, I ventured to say, " О Sir, I cannot think Mr. Garrick would grudge such n a way that alarmed and distressed me ; showed an...which I haH ever heard made upon his character crowded and began to think that the hope which I had long :ndulged of obtaining his acquaintance was blasted....

...would grudge such a trifle to you." " Sir," said he, with a stern look, " I have known David Garrick 3 longer than you have done, and I know no right you...subject." Perhaps I deserved this check; for it was ratherso presumptuous in me, an entire stranger, to express any doubt of the justice of his animadversion...