George Birkbeck Hill 
Johnsonian Miscellanies [PDF ebook] 

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Dr. Johnson used to say, that where secrecy or mystery began, vice or roguery was not far off; and that he leads in general an ill life, who stands in fear of no man’s observation.<br><br>When a friend of his who had not been very lucky in his first wife, married a second, he said – Alas! another instance of the triumph of hope over experience.<br><br>Of Sheridan’s writings on Elocution, he said, they were a continual renovation of hope, and an unvaried succession of disappointments.