...World about it. Upon which, I wrote him a letter, expressed in civil terms, but such as might shew him that I did not mind what he said or wrote, and that I had done with him." This is that celebrated letter, of which so much has been said, and about which curiosity has been so long...

...had for many years taken no notice of me; but when my Dictionary was coming out, he fell a.scribbling in the World about it . Upon which I wrote him a letter...said or wrote, and that I had done with him.' This is that celebrated letter of which so much has been said, and about which curiosity has been so long...

...the listening world, that patronage should be no more." Johnson accounts for the letter as follows: "After making great professions, he had for many years...what he said or wrote, and that I had done with him." Here is the letter: February 7, 1755. To the Earl of Chesterfield: My Lord, — I have been lately...

...such courtly flattery. Years afterward he related the circumstances to Boswell as follows : " Sir, after making great professions, he had, for many years,...what he said or wrote, and that I had done with him. Carlyle calls this celebrated letter " the farfamed blast of doom, proclaiming to a listening world...

...The World about it. Upon which, I wrote him a letter expressed in civil terms, but such as might shew judge of the happiness and misery of life differently is that celebrated letter of which so much has been said, and about which curiosity has been so long...

...for many years, taken no notice of me; but when my Dictionary was coming out, he fell a-scribbling in ' The World ' about it. Upon which, I wrote him...said or wrote, and that I had done with him." This is that famous letter. 195 ance so little encouraged, that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me...

...does he now send out two cockboats to tow me into harbor ? ' Years later he said to Boswell : ' Sir, after making great professions, he had for many years...that I did not mind what he said or wrote, and that I was done with him.' The letter is essentially a Declaration of Independence for literature. It became...

...World about it. Upon which, I wrote him » letter expressed in civil terms, but such as might shew him that I did not mind what he said or wrote, and that I had done with him.' (Hill's Boswell, I, 301.) 420. a. 8. the proprietor of The World. Edward Moore, an old acquaintance...

...commented Johnson. "I wrote him a letter expressed In civil terms, but such as might show him that 1 These ways would try Boswell later obtained n copy of this celebrated letter. and gave It to the world. Carlyle, In his...

...commendation of the work ; the courtly device failed of its effect. Johnson said to Boswell, "Sir, after making great professions, he had, for many years,...what he said or wrote, and that I had done with him." And, he added, "This man, I thought had been a lord among wits, but I find, he is only a wit among...