"Most obedient,
"And most humble servant,
"WILLIAM PAYNE."
A short preface follows, which bears marks of reparation. It may have received some touches from the same masterly hand.
The external evidence in favour of the ascription of the above piece to Johnson, if slight in itself, is not devoid of significance. He had dedicated a book for the same author, which book was also published by Mr. Thomas Payne, who was his brother, in 1756.
BOLTON CORNEY.
PLAGIARISMS, OR PARALLEL PASSAGES. No. 2.
[Continued from No. 11. p. 163.]
"Dans les premières passions les femmes aiment l'amant; dans les autres elles aiment l'amour."—La Rouchefoucauld, Max. 494.