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"Every thing," remarked Johnson, "comes from Beauclerk so easily, that it appears to me that I labour when I say a good thing." Beauclerk was the only son of Lord Sydney Beauclerk, a son of Charles, first Duke of St Albans.
I quoted some of Horace, which he took to be a part of my own speech. He said a few words well enough. BEAUCLERK. 'I remember, Sir, you said that Taylor was an instance how far impudence could carry ignorance. Mr.
'In London, Reynolds, Beauclerk, and all of them, are contending who shall enjoy Dr Johnson's conversation. We are feasting upon it, undisturbed, at Dunvegan. It was still a storm of wind and rain. Dr Johnson however walked out with M'Leod, and saw Rorie More's cascade in full perfection.
Among the characters which pass through this magic-lantern, is Topham Beauclerk, so frequently mentioned, and mentioned with praise, in Boswell's Johnson. He seems to have been a man of great elegance of manner, and peculiarity of that happy talent of conversation whose wit seems to be spontaneous, and whose anecdotes, however recherché, seem to flow from the subject.
They took a boat to Billingsgate, and Johnson, with Beauclerk, kept up their amusement for the following day, when Langton deserted them to go to breakfast with some young ladies, and Johnson scolded him for leaving his friends "to go and sit with a parcel of wretched unidea'd girls."
Who can tell what we owe to the Mutual Admiration Society of which Shakspeare, and Ben Jonson, and Beaumont and Fletcher were members? Or to that of which Addison and Steele formed the centre, and which gave us the Spectator? Or to that where Johnson, and Goldsmith, and Burke, and Reynolds, and Beauclerk, and Boswell, most admiring among all admirers, met together?
Among his friends, Beauclerk seems most to have engaged his love, Langton his respect, and Burke his admiration. The first was conspicuous for wit, liveliness of feelings, and gaiety; the next for rectitude of conduct, piety, and learning; the last for knowledge, sagacity, and eloquence.
His hair, thickly powdered and pomatumed, hangs down his shoulders on each side as straight as a pound of tallow candles. His conversation, however, soon makes you forget his ugliness and infirmities. There is a poignancy without effort in all that he says, which reminded me a little of the character which the wits of Johnson's circle give of Beauclerk.
Thrale: 'Boswell kept his journal very diligently; but then what was there to journalize? I should be glad to see what he says of *. Piozzi Letters, i. 390. The number of stars renders it likely that Beauclerk is meant. See ante, p. 195, note 1. See ante, ii. 279. Mr. Beauclerk. See ante, p. 195. Beauclerk. Johnson wrote to Mrs.
He is very handsome. Any woman would like him." "I wonder," said Pensée, full of thoughts. Sara proceeded to count her beads, lest one should be missing. But they were all there, and she tied them up in her handkerchief. "Pensée," she said, presently. "I will tell his name after all, because you have been so frank with me. The one I ... love is Beauclerk Reckage."
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