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One small, no painter's name, etched by Taylor, for his Johnsoniana. 10. One folio whole-length, with his oak-stick, as described in Boswell's Tour, drawn and etched by Trotter. 11. One large Roman head, from Sir Joshua, by Marchi. 13. One octavo, holding a book to his eye, from Sir Joshua, by Hall, for his Works. 14.
He descended to apparently insignificant, but yet most characteristic, particulars. Thus he apologizes for informing the reader that Johnson, when journeying, "carried in his hand a large English oak-stick:" adding, "I remember Dr. Adam Smith, in his rhetorical lectures at Glasgow, told us he was glad to know that Milton wore latchets in his shoes instead of buckles."
The loss that I allude to was that of the large oak-stick, which, as I formerly mentioned, he had brought with him from London. It was of great use to him in our wild peregrination; for, ever since his last illness in 1766, he has had a weakness in his knees, and has not been able to walk easily.
But when I looked along the outstretched back of the mole, and saw a dim sheet of white sweep across it, I felt that there was ground for his anxiety, and prepared myself for a struggle. "Do you know what to do with the crowbar, Joe?" I said, grasping my own stout oak-stick more firmly. "Perfectly," answered Joe. "To stick between the stones and hold on. We must watch our time between the waves."
Joe gave a grim enough laugh in reply, and we started, he carrying his crowbar in his right hand towards the advancing sea, and I my oak-stick in my left towards the still water within. "Quick march!" said Joe, and away we went out on the breakwater.
The loss that I allude to was that of the large oak-stick, which, as I formerly mentioned, he had brought with him from London . It was of great use to him in our wild peregrination; for, ever since his last illness in 1766 , he has had a weakness in his knees, and has not been able to walk easily.
They send us every year some piece of aboriginal strength, some tough oak-stick of a man who is not to be silenced or insulted or intimidated by a mob, because he is more mob than they, one who mobs the mob, some sturdy countryman, on whom neither money, nor politeness, nor hard words, nor eggs, nor blows, nor brickbats, make any impression.
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