A Johnsonian quiz: No 14

1: Superfluous lags the...upon the stage

2: To be of no church is...

3: He is no wise man that will quit a certaintly for..

4: Tom Birch is as brisk as a bee in conversation, but no sooner doeshe take a pen in his hand than it becomes a...to him, and benumbs ass hisfaculties

5:This man, I thought, had been a lord among wits, but I find he isonly...

6:The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is...

7:Sir, you levellers wish to level down as far as themselves; but theycannot bear levelling...

8:A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he readsasa...will do him little good.

9: A man will turn over half a library to make...

Answrers to Quiz No 13

1 The jail 2: Addison 3: Iona 4: Girls 5: Dog walking on his hind legs.6:Vice 7: Upon oath 8: Their silence