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'Be pleased, therefore, to accept the thanks of, Sir, your most obliged and most humble servant, 'Ashbourn in Derbyshire, July 17, 1771. 'Compliments to Miss Reynolds. In his religious record of this year, we observe that he was better than usual, both in body and mind, and better satisfied with the regularity of his conduct. But he is still 'trying his ways' too rigorously.
Bath, from the middle of April to the beginning of May. Ante, iii. 44, 51. Brighton, part of September and October; full seven weeks. Ante, iii. 92. Oxford, Lichfield, and Ashbourn, from about July 28 to about Nov. 6. Brighton, November; a visit of three days. Ante, iii. 210. Warley Camp, in Essex, September; about a week. Ante, iii. 360. Lichfield, Ashbourn, from May 20 to end of June.
The wood of the pews grossly painted. I could not read the epitaph. Would learn the old hands. At Ashbourn. Mrs. Diot and her daughters came in the morning. Mr. Diot dined with us. We visited Mr. Flint. At Dovedale, with Mr. Langley and Mr. Flint. It is a place that deserves a visit; but did not answer my expectation. The river is small, the rocks are grand.
Brighton, part of October and November. Post, iv. 159. Rochester, July; about a fortnight. Post, iv. 233. Heale near Salisbury, part of August and September; three weeks. Post, iv. 233, 239. Oxford, June; a fortnight. Post, iv. 283, 311. Lichfield, Ashbourn, Oxford, from July 13 to Nov. 16. Post, iv. 353, 377.
Lichfield and Ashbourn, apparently whole of July. Piozzi Letters, i. 26-32. Lichfield and Ashbourn, from June 20 to after Aug. 5. Ante, ii. 141, 142, and Piozzi Letters, i. 36-54. Lichfield and Ashbourn, from about Oct. 15 to early in December. Piozzi Letters, i. 55-69. Oxford, April; a hurried visit. Ante, ii. 235, note 2. Tour to Scotland from Aug. 6 to Nov. 26. Ante, ii. 265, 268.
He paid a visit to Appleby in Leicestershire and to Ashbourn. Ante, i. 82, 133 note 1. Oxford. July and August, about five weeks. Ante, i. 270, note 5. Oxford. July, length of visit not mentioned. Ante, i. 347. Lichfield. Winter, a visit of five days. Ante, i. 370. In the summer of this year his pension was granted, and he henceforth had the means of travelling. Ante, i. 372.
'Your affectionate humble servant, 'Jan. 15, 1774. 'To the Reverend Dr. Taylor, 'in Ashbourn, 'Derbyshire. Johnson speaking of this tour on April 10, 1783, said: 'I got an acquisition of more ideas by it than by anything that I remember. Ante, iv. 199. See ante, p. 48. See ante, i. 408, 443, note 2, and ii. 303.
Thrale's bill at the inn for dinner was eighteen shillings and tenpence. At night I went to Mr. Langley's, Mrs. Wood's, Captain Astle, &c. We left Ashbourn and went to Buxton, thence to Pool's Hole, which is narrow at first, but then rises into a high arch; but is so obstructed with crags, that it is difficult to walk in it.
Ante, iii. 395, and Piozzi Letters, ii. 44-55. Epsom, September; a few days. Pr. and Med. pp. 181, 225. Brighton. October. MS. letter dated Oct. 26, 1780 to Mr. Nichols in the British Museum. Oxford, Birmingham, Lichfield, Ashbourn, from Oct. 15 to Dec. 11. Post, iv. 135, and Croker's Boswell, p. 699, note 5. Oxford, June; about ten days. Post, iv. 151, and Piozzi Letters, ii. 243-249.
Oxford, part of November and December. Ante, ii. 268. Ante, ii. 285, and post, v. 427. Oxford, March; a short visit. Piozzi Letters, i. 212. Oxford, Lichfield, Ashbourn, from end of May till some time in August. Ante, ii. 381, and Piozzi Letters, i. 223-301. Brighton; apparently a brief visit in September. Croker's Boswell, p. 459. Ante, ii. 384, 401. Oxford, Lichfield, Ashbourn, March 19-29.
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