1761. Johnson wrote to Baretti:--

'I wish you had staid longer in Spain, for no country is less known to

the rest of Europe.' _Ante_, i. 365. He twice recommended Boswell to

perambulate Spain. _Ante_, i. 410, 455.

1763. 'Dr. Johnson flattered me (Boswell) with some hopes that he would,

in the course of the following summer, come over to Holland, and

accompany me in a tour through the Netherlands.' _Ante_, i. 470.

1772. He said that he had had some desire, though he soon laid it aside,

to go on an expedition round the world with Mr. Banks and Dr. Solander.

_Ante_, ii. 147.

1773. 'Dr. Johnson and I talked of going to Sweden.' Boswell's

_Hebrides_, _post_, v. 215.

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