...Johnson, however, should not here be forgotten ; who declared, that " Addison wrote Budgell's papers, at least mended them so much, that he made them almost his own *." Yel the Doctor's authority, it must be recollected, is merely that of tradition ; nor is it likely...

...Johnson, however, should not here be forgotten ; who declared, that " Addison wrote Budgell's papers, at least mended them so much, that he made them almost his own *." Yet the Doctor's authority, it must be recollected, is merely that of tradition ; nor is it likely...

...late become very fond of dress, sat hours together at her toilet, and even put on rouge, Johnson said, "She is better employed at her toilet than using her...cheeks, than blackening other people's characters." Mr. Boswell tells us, that a clergyman had come to submit some poetical pieces to Johnson's revision....

...Dr. JOHNSON reports, from traditional authority, be true, that " ADDISON wrote BUDGELL'S papers, or at least mended them so much that he made them almost his own*." Besides these twenty-eight papers attributed to him in consequence of the signature, he is, in the...

...late become very fond of ^^fgy dress, sat hours together at her toilet, and even put on rouge : — JOHNSON. " She is better employed at her toilet, than...admired Epilogue to ' The Distressed Mother,' which came out in Budgell's name, was in reality written by Addison." " The mode of government by one may...

...and even put on rouge : — Johnson. She ia better employed at her toilet, than using her pen. It i» better she should be reddening her own cheeks, than...people's characters.. He told us that " Addison wrote Bugdell's papers in the Spectator, at least mended them so mach, that he made them almost his own ;...

...late become very fond of dress, sat hours together at her toilet, and even put on rouge, Johnson said, "She is better employed at her toilet than using her...cheeks, than blackening other people's characters." Mr. Boswell tells us, that a clergyman had come to submit some poetical pieces to Johnson's revision....

...had of lute become very fond of dress, sat hours together at her toilet, and even put on rouge : — Johnson. She is better employed at her toilet, than...than blackening other people's characters. He told us t Inn " Addison wrote Bugdell's papers in the Spectator, at least mended them so much, that he made...

...had of late become very fond of dress, sat hours together at her toilet, and even put on rouge — JOHNSON. " She is better employed at her toilet than...cheeks, than blackening other people's characters." Johnson arraigned the modern politics of this country, as entirely devoid of all principle of whatever...

...morality, his humour, and his elegance of writing, set him very high." " Addison wrote Budgell's papers fn the Spectator, at least mended them so much, that he made them almost his own ; and Draper, Tonson's partner, assured Mrs. Johnson, that the much admired epilogue to the Distressed Mother,...