...if people are unwilling to hear you, you had better hold your tongue than them.' — Chesterfield. ' The happiness of London is not to be conceived but...we now sit, than in all the rest of the kingdom.' — Joknson. ' Simple diet is best; for many dishes bring many diseases, and rich sauces are worse...

...Johnson ; his attachment to London breaks out in many parts of his writings. In one place he says : " The happiness of London is not to be conceived but...we now sit, than in all the rest of the kingdom." And Davy, speaking of the metropolis, observes : " It was to me as the grand theatre of intellectual...

...subject always new. That hearty lover of our metropolis, Dr. Johnson, sitting in Bolt- court, said : "the happiness of London is not to be conceived but...we now sit, than in all the rest of the kingdom." Again, Johnson says: "how different a place London is to different people," each person viewing it...

...SELF -GOVERNED. BY SIR WILLIAM FRASER, BART., MA, FSA LONDON: THOMAS BOSWORTH, 215, REGENT STREET. I will venture to say there is more Learning, and...where we now sit, than in all the rest of the Kingdom. JOHNSON ON LONDON. This wonderful Metropolis, which has within the last six years added not less than...

...but to his personality. No Cockney born within the sound of Bow Bells loved London more than he. " The happiness of London is not to be conceived but...who have been in it. I will venture to say, there is ^ learning and science within the circumference of ten miles from where we now sit than in all the...

...bells. " Sir," he said, after laughing at Boswell for praising the happiness of a savage life ; " sir, the happiness of London is not to be conceived but...venture to say there is more learning and science within tho circumference of ten miles from where we now sit than in all the rest of the kingdom." In other...

...praising the happiness of a savage life ; " sir, the happiness of London is not to be conceived bat by those who have been in it. I will venture to say...science within the circumference of ten miles from where wo now sit than in all the rest of the kingdom." In other conversations at the Mitre we find Johnson...

...advantage was overbalanced by his making the boys run after him." Speaking of London :— JOHNSON : " The happiness of London is not to be conceived but...is the great distance at which people live from one another."—JOHNSON : " Yes, Sir; but that is occasioned by the largeness of it, which is the cause...

...advantage was overbalanced by his making the boys run after him." Speaking of London :— JOHNSON : " The happiness of London is not to be conceived but...is the great distance at which people live from one another."—JOHNSON : " Yes, Sir; but that is occasioned by the largeness of it, which is the cause...

...quality, the Londoner is in advance of his provincial brethren. If Dr. Johnson could affirm in his day, " I will venture to say there is more learning and science...where we now sit than in all the rest of the Kingdom," what would be his testimony now that the population of that area has trebled, now that the penny post,...