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Famous houses and literary shrines of London (1912)

Adcock, Arthur St. John, 1864-1930, Adcock, Frederick · London, J.M. Dent & sons, ltd.; New York, E.P. Dutton & co. · leaf 150

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th was nowthe most agreeable object to her. . . . We were allin fine spirits; and I whispered to Mrs. Boscawen, I believe this is as much as can be made of life. After recording the conversation of Johnson anddivers of the others, BosweU goes on : He and Iwalked away together. We stopped a little… … ^oswsLLS/^ouse- JOHNSON AND BOSWELL 117 Ay, sir, said he tenderly, and two such friendsas cannot be supplied. In the summer of 1784 Boswell was in London asusual, and saw Johnson, then an old man of seventy-five, for the last time. On the 30th June, he andJohnson dined with Sir Joshua Reynolds in…

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