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Ante, ii. 140, note I. It is curious that Boswell in this narrative does not mention his step-mother. 'Asper Incolumi gravitate jocum tentavit. 'Though rude his mirth, yet laboured to maintain The solemn grandeur of the tragic scene. FRANCIS. Horace, Ars Poet. l. 221. See ante, iii. 65, and v. 97. See ante, iv. 163, 241.
But their censures sometimes make me smile, sometimes, for I am very infirm, make me angry: sæpe bilem, sæpe jocum movent. It gives me pain to differ on this occasion from many, if not most, of those whom I honor and esteem.
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