[Note 150: I think him (Rousseau) one of the worst of men; a
rascal who ought to be hunted out of society, as he has been.... I
would sooner sign a sentence for his transportation, than that of any
felon who has gone from the Old Bailey these many years. Yes I would
like to have him work in the plantations.... It is difficult to settle
the proportion of iniquity between them (Rousseau and Voltaire).]
[Note 151: I'll come no more behind your scenes, David, for the
silk stockings and white bosoms of your actresses excite my amorous
propensities.]
[Note 152: Voici une phrase célèbre qui donnera quelque idée de ce
style, assez semblable à celui de Thomas:
We were now treading that illustrious island which was once the
luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving
barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge and the blessings of
religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be
impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were
possible. Far from me and my friends be such rigid philosophy as may
conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been
dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. The man is little to be
envied whose patriotism would not gain force on the plains of
Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of
Iona.]
[Note 153: _Rambler_, 108, 109, 110, 111.]
[Note 154: Voir sa biographie par Boswell, 4 vol.]