A JOHNSONIAN QUIZ: No13

  1. "Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the..."
  2. "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..."
  3. "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..."
  4. "Wretched un-idea'd..."
  5. "Sir, a woman preaching is like a .... It is not done well, but you are surprised to find it done at all."
  6. "I am a great friend to public amusements, for they keep people from..."
  7. "In lapidary inscriptions a man is not..."
  8. "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

  1. Goldsmith
  2. His last
  3. Earth; things
  4. The printer of the Dictionary
  5. Company
  6. Ask a man to
  7. Sir John Hawkins
  8. Young