[1230] The Spleen, a Poem. BOSWELL. The author was Matthew Green. Dodsley's Collection, i. 145. See ante, p. 38.
[1231] See ante, i. 182.
[1232] Of Dryden he wrote (Works, vii. 250):—'He began even now to exercise the domination of conscious genius by recommending his own performance.'
[1233] See ante, i. 297.
[1234] Johnson's Works, vii. 95. See ante, i. 111.
[1235]
1. Exeter-street, off Catherine-street, Strand. [March 1737, ante, i.
103.]
2. Greenwich. [July 1737, ante, i. 107.]
3. Woodstock-street, near Hanover-square. [End of 1737, ante, i. III.]
4. Castle-street, Cavendish-square, No. 6. [Spring and October 1738;
ante, i. 120, and 135, note 1. Castle-street is now called
Castle-street East.]
5. Strand.
6. Boswell-Court.
7. Strand, again. [In Croker's Boswell, p. 44, is a letter dated, 'At
the Black Boy, over against Durham Yard, Strand, March 31, 1741.']
8. Bow-street.
9. Holborn.
10. Fetter-lane. [Johnson mentions in Pr. and Med. p. 73, 'A good
night's rest I once had in Fetter-Lane.']
11. Holborn, again.
12. Gough-square. [In Croker's Boswell, p. 62, is a letter dated
'Goff-square, July 12, 1749.' He moved to Staple Inn on March 23,
1759. Rasselas was written when he was living in Gough-square, and
not in Staple Inn, as has been asserted. Ante, i. 516.]
13. Staple Inn.
14. Gray's Inn. [In Croker's Boswell, p. 118, is a letter dated
'Gray's Inn, Dec. 17, 1759.']
15. Inner Temple-lane, No. 1. [He was here in June 1760, ante, i. 350,
note 1; and on Jan. 13, 1761, as is shewn by a letter in Croker's
Boswell, p. 122. Johnson Buildings now stand where his house stood.]
16. Johnson's-court, No. 7. [See i. 518 for a letter dated
'Johnson's-court, Oct. 17, 1765.']
17. Bolt-court, No. 8. [He was here on March 15, 1776 (ante, ii. 427).
From about 1765 (ante, i. 493) to Oct. 7, 1782 (post), he had
moreover 'an apartment' at Streatham, and from about 1765 to about
the end of 1780, one at Southwark (ante, i. 493). From about the
beginning of 1781 to the spring of 1783 he had a room either in
Grosvenor-square or Argyll-street (post, March 20, 1781 and March
21, 1783.)]
[1236] See ante, ii. 55.
[1237] If, as seems to be meant, the 'gentleman supposed the case' on this occasion, he must have been Boswell, for no one else was present with Johnson.
[1238] A crime that he would have restrained by 'severe laws steadily enforced.' Ante, iii. 18.