Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D

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. Johnson. O Mr. Dilly - you must know that an English Benedictine Monk at Paris has translated The Duke of Berwick's Memoirs,' from the original French, and has sent them to me to sell. [offered them to Strahan, who sent them back with this answer That the first book he had published was the Duke of Ber wick's Life, by which he had lost: and he hated the name.'-now I honestly tell you, that Strahan has re fused them; but I also honestly tell you, that he did it upon no principle, for he never looked into them. Dilly. Are they well translated, Sir johnson.