STOCKS. 'A man who preaches in the stocks will always have hearers
enough,' ii. 251;
'Stocks for the men, a ducking-stool for women, and a pound for
beasts,' iii. 287.
STONE. 'Chinese is only more difficult from its rudeness; as there is more labour in hewing down a tree with a stone than with an axe,' iii. 339.
STONES. 'I don't care how often or how high he tosses me when only friends are present, for then I fall upon soft ground; but I do not like falling on stones, which is the case when enemies are present' (Boswell), iii. 338; 'The boys would throw stones at him,' ii. 193.
STORY. 'If you were to read Richardson for the story your impatience would be so much fretted that you would hang yourself,' ii. 175.
STORY-TELLER. 'I told the circumstance first for my own amusement, but I will not be dragged in as story-teller to a company,' iv. 192, n. 2.
STRAIGHT. 'He has a great deal of learning; but it never lies straight,' iv. 225.
STRANGE. 'I'm never strange in a strange place' (Journey to London), iv. 284.
STRATAGEM. 'This comes of stratagem,' iii. 275.
STRAW. 'The first man who balanced a straw upon his nose… deserved the applause of mankind,' iii. 231.
STRETCH. 'Babies like to be told of giants and castles, and of somewhat which can stretch and stimulate their little minds,' iv. 8, n. 3.