Dr. Burney was daily more enchanted at the kindness with which his
daughter was honoured by Dr. Johnson; but neither parental exaltation,
nor the smiles of fortune; nor the enticing fragrance of those flowery
paths which so often allure from vigorous labour to wasting repose, the
votary of rising fame; could even for a day, or scarcely for an hour,
draw the ardent and indefatigable musical historian to any voluntary
relaxation from his self-appointed task; to which he constantly devoted
every moment that he could snatch from the multitudinous calls upon his
over-charged time.