The Life of Samuel Johnson
The Life of Samuel Johnson
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He was reputed to be the illegitimate son of the Countess of Macclesfield.
36 MACAU LAY.
apprentice, who had seen life in all its forms, who had feasted among blue ribbands in St. James's Square, 1 and had lain with fifty pounds' weight of irons on his legs in the condemned ward of Newgate. 2 This man had, after many vicissitudes of fortune, sunk at last into abject and hopeless poverty. His pen had failed him. His patrons had been taken away by death, or estranged by the riotous profusion with... which he squandered their bounty, and the ungrateful insolence with which he rejected their advice. He now lived by begging. He dined on venison and champagne whenever he had been so fortunate as to borrow a guinea. If his questing had been unsuccessful, he appeased the rage of hunger with some scraps of broken meat, and lay down to rest under the piazza of Covent Garden 3 in warm weather, and in cold weather as near as he could get to the furnace of a glasshouse. Yet, in his misery, he was still an agreeable companion.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
He was reputed to be the illegitimate son of the Countess of Macclesfield.
36 MACAU LAY.
apprentice, who had seen life in all its forms, who had feasted among blue ribbands in St. James's Square, 1 and had lain with fifty pounds' weight of irons on his legs in the condemned ward of Newgate. 2 This man had, after many vicissitudes of fortune, sunk at last into abject and hopeless poverty. His pen had failed him. His patrons had been taken away by death, or estranged by the riotous profusion with... which he squandered their bounty, and the ungrateful insolence with which he rejected their advice. He now lived by begging. He dined on venison and champagne whenever he had been so fortunate as to borrow a guinea. If his questing had been unsuccessful, he appeased the rage of hunger with some scraps of broken meat, and lay down to rest under the piazza of Covent Garden 3 in warm weather, and in cold weather as near as he could get to the furnace of a glasshouse. Yet, in his misery, he was still an agreeable companion.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay to read onlineMoreLess
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