A JOHNSONIAN QUIZ: No13
- "Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the..."
- "Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse,
and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the
volumes of..."
- "That man is little to be envied whose patriotism would not gain
force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer
among the ruins of..."
- "Wretched un-idea'd..."
- "Sir, a woman preaching is like a .... It is not done well, but
you are surprised to find it done at all."
- "I am a great friend to public amusements, for they keep people
from..."
- "In lapidary inscriptions a man is not..."
- "I am very fond of the company of ladies. I like their beauty,
I like their delicacy, I like their vivacity, and I like..."
Answers to Quiz
No 12
- Goldsmith
- His last
- Earth; things
- The printer of the Dictionary
- Company
- Ask a man to
- Sir John Hawkins
- Young