W. H. F.

_Boswell's "Johnson"_ (Vol. viii., p. 439.).--

"Crescit, occulto velut arbor aevo,

Fama Marcelli: micat inter omnes

Julium sidus, velut inter ignes

Luna minores."--Hor. _Carm._ I. xii. 45-48.

F. C. has overlooked the _point_ of Boswell's remark, viz. that Johnson had

been "inattentive to metre."

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