...it to Dr Johnson, who received it with much goodhumour, and desired Sir Joshua to tell the gentlemen that he would alter the epitaph in any manner they...English inscription. I consider this Round Robin, » continues Sir William, « as a species of literary curiosity worth preserving, as it marks, in a...

...an English epitaph on an English author. His reply was, in the genuine spirit of an old scholar, " he would never consent to disgrace the walls of Westminster abbey with an English inscription." One of his arguments, in favour of a common learned language, was ludicrously cogent : " Consider,...

...an English epitaph on an English author. His reply was, in the genuine spirit of an old scholar, " he would never consent to disgrace the walls of Westminster abbey with an English inscription." One of his arguments, in favour of a common learned language, was ludicrously cogeut : " Consider,...

...an English epitaph on an English author. His reply was, in the genuine spirit of an old scholar, " he would never consent to disgrace the walls of Westminster abbey with an English inscription." One of his arguments, in favour of a common learned language, was ludicrously cogeut : " Consider,...

...an English epitaph on an English author. His reply was, in the genuine spirit of an old scholar, " he would never consent to disgrace the walls of Westminster abbey with an English inscription." One of his arguments, in favour of a common learned language, was ludicrously cogeut : " Consider,...

...an Knglish epitaph on an English author. His reply was, in the genuine spirit of an old scholar, " he would never consent to disgrace the walls of Westminster abbey with ao English inscription." One of his arguments, in favour of a common learned language, was ludicrously...

...Dr. Johnson, who received it with much good humour', and desired sir Joshua to tell the gentlemen, that he would alter the epitaph in any manner they pleased, as to the sense of it ; * This prelate, who was afterwards translated to the see of Limerick, died at Wimbledon in Surrey,...

...Dr. Johnson, who received it with much good humour', and desired sir Joshua to tell the gentlemen, that he would alter the epitaph in any manner they pleased, as to the sense of it; • This prelate, who was afterwards translated to the see of Limerick, died at Wimbledon in Surrey,...

...Metcalf, E. Gibbon, Jos. Warton. Sir Joshua carried it, and received for answer from Johnson, " that he would never consent to disgrace the walls of Westminster Abbey with an English inscription." — " I wonder," said he, " that Joe Warton, a scholar by profession, should be such a fool ; " adding, " I...

...Dr. Juhnson, who received it with much good humour,-)- and desired Sir Joshua to tell the gentlemen, that he would alter the Epitaph in any manner they pleased, as to the sense of it ; but he mould never content to dityrace Ihr waJli of Westmimter Abbey with an English inscription. '• I consider...