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Thrale, who has no card-parties at her house, to give sweet-meats, and such good things, in an evening, as are not commonly given, and she would find company enough come to her; for every body loves to have things which please the palate put in their way, without trouble or preparation. Such was his attention to the minutiae of life and manners. Mr.
Thrale loved prospects, and was mortified that his friend could not enjoy the sight of those different dispositions of wood and water, hill and valley, that travelling through England and France affords a man. But when he wished to point them out to his companion: "Never heed such nonsense," would he reply; "a blade of grass is always a blade of grass, whether in one country or another.
Amen. This year was distinguished by his being introduced into the family of Mr. Thrale, one of the most eminent brewers in England, and Member of Parliament for the borough of Southwark. Foreigners are not a little amazed when they hear of brewers, distillers, and men in similar departments of trade, held forth as persons of considerable consequence.
Miss Burney wrote to Mrs. Thrale in 1780: 'I met at Sir Joshua's young Burke, who is made much ado about, but I saw not enough of him to know why. Mme. D'Arblay's Diary, i. 416. Mrs. Thrale replied: 'I congratulate myself on being quite of your opinion concerning Burke the minor, whom I once met and could make nothing of. Ib. p. 418. He had been Dr.
Thrale, at Streatham, an opulent brewer, with whom his acquaintance had begun in 1765.
It must be admitted that Johnson derived a considerable portion of happiness from the comforts and elegancies which he enjoyed in Mr. Thrale's family; but Mrs. Thrale assures us he was indebted for these to her husband alone, who certainly respected him sincerely. Having left the PIOUS NEGOCIATION, as I called it, in the best hands, I shall here insert what relates to it.
The Convict's Address to his Unhappy Brethren: Being a Sermon preached by the Rev. Dr. Dodd, Friday, June 6, 1777, in the Chapel of Newgate, while under sentence of death, for forging the name of the Earl of Chesterfield on a bond for £4,200. Sold by the booksellers and news-carriers. Price Two-pence. Johnson wrote to Mrs. Thrale from Lichfield on Aug. 9: 'Lucy said, "When I read Dr.
Mrs. Thrale says that no praise ever pleased him more than when some one said of him on Brighton Downs, "Why, Johnson rides as well as the most illiterate fellow in England." He was always eager to show that his legs and arms could do as much as other people's. When he was past sixty-six he ran a race in the rain at Paris with his friend Baretti.
They came at her call, and fought so well that the enemy had fled before she had to show dry eyes, and speak with normal voice, to Ruth Thrale, who came in to say that her mother was asking for her ladyship. Come what might, she must keep her gloomy knowledge from Ruth. "What a fuss about old me!" says the voice from the pillow, speaking low, but with happy contentment.
Thrale, written two days after Boswell left, says: 'B went away on Thursday night, with no great inclination to travel northward; but who can contend with destiny? ... He carries with him two or three good resolutions; I hope they will not mould upon the road. Piozzi Letters, i. 333. 1 Corinthians, xiii. 5. This passage, which is found in Act iii, is not in the acting copy of Douglas.
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