THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. INCLUDING A JOURNAL OF HIS TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES; BY JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ. NEW EDITION, WITH NUMEROUS ADDITIONS AND NOTES, BY THE RIGHT HON. JOHN WILSON CROKER, M.P. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, TWO SUPPLEMENTARY VOLUMES OF JOHNSONIANA, BY HAWKINS, PIOZZI, MURPHY, TYERS, REYNOLDS, AND NOTES BY VARIOUS HANDS. ALSO, UPWARDS OF FIFTY ENGRAVED ILLUSTRATIONS. IN TEN VOLUMES. VOL. V. LONDON: HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. MDCCCXLVI. CONTENTS. Johnson leaves the Isle of Sky. - A Storm. Driven into Leibnitz, and Clarke. Survey of Col. Grissipol. — Cucumbers. Insular Life. — Song, "Hatyin foam' eri.” -Breacacha.-Johnson's Power of Ridicule.- Happiness in a Cottage. Advice to Landlords. Pretended Brother Col. Blenheim. Tenants and Landlords. London and Pekin. Superstitions.- Coarse Manners. - Bustle not necessary to Despatch. Oats. Mull. Addison. Inch-Kenneth. Sir Allan Maclean. Sunday Reading. |