ItappearsthathewasnowenlistedbyMr。Caveasaregularcoadjutorinhismagazine，bywhichheprobablyobtainedatolerablelivelihood。Atwhattime，orbywhatmeans，hehadacquiredacompetentknowledgebothofFrenchandItalian，Idonotknow；buthewassowellskilledinthem，astobesufficientlyqualifiedforatranslator。Thatpartofhislabourwhichconsistedinemendationandimprovementoftheproductionsofothercontributors，likethatemployedinlevellingground，canbeperceivedonlybythosewhohadanopportunityofcomparingtheoriginalwiththealteredcopy。Whatwecertainlyknowtohavebeendonebyhiminthisway，wastheDebatesinbothhousesofParliament，underthenameof’TheSenateofLilliput，’sometimeswithfeigneddenominationsoftheseveralspeakers，sometimeswithdenominationsformedofthelettersoftheirrealnames，inthemannerofwhatiscalledanagram，sothattheymighteasilybedecyphered。Parliamentthenkeptthepressinakindofmysteriousawe，whichmadeitnecessarytohaverecoursetosuchdevices。Inourtimeithasacquiredanunrestrainedfreedom，sothatthepeopleinallpartsofthekingdomhaveafair，open，andexactreportoftheactualproceedingsoftheirrepresentativesandlegislators，whichinourconstitutionishighlytobevalued；
though，unquestionably，therehasoflatebeentoomuchreasontocomplainofthepetulancewithwhichobscurescribblershavepresumedtotreatmenofthemostrespectablecharacterandsituation。
ThisimportantarticleoftheGentlemen’sMagazinewas，forseveralyears，executedbyMr。WilliamGuthrie，amanwhodeservestoberespectablyrecordedintheliteraryannalsofthiscountry。ThedebatesinParliament，whichwerebroughthomeanddigestedbyGuthrie，whosememory，thoughsurpassedbyotherswhohavesincefollowedhiminthesamedepartment，wasyetveryquickandtenacious，weresentbyCavetoJohnsonforhisrevision；and，aftersometime，whenGuthriehadattainedtogreatervarietyofemployment，andthespeechesweremoreandmoreenrichedbytheaccessionofJohnson’sgenius，itwasresolvedthatheshoulddothewholehimself，fromthescantynotesfurnishedbypersonsemployedtoattendinbothhousesofParliament。Sometimes，however，ashehimselftoldme，hehadnothingmorecommunicatedtohimthanthenamesoftheseveralspeakers，andthepartwhichtheyhadtakeninthedebate。*
*JohnsonlatertoldBoswellthat’assoonashefoundthatthespeecheswerethoughtgenuinehedeterminedthathewouldwritenomoreofthem：for“hewouldnotbeaccessarytothepropagationoffalsehood。“Andsuchwasthetendernessofhisconscience，thatashorttimebeforehisdeathheexpressedhisregretforhishavingbeentheauthouroffictionswhichhadpassedforrealities。’——Ed。
Butwhatfirstdisplayedhistranscendentpowers，and’gavetheworldassuranceoftheMAN，’washisLondon，aPoem，inImitationoftheThirdSatireofJuvenal：whichcameoutinMaythisyear，andburstforthwithasplendour，theraysofwhichwillforeverencirclehisname。Boileauhadimitatedthesamesatirewithgreatsuccess，applyingittoParis；butanattentivecomparisonwillsatisfyeveryreader，thatheismuchexcelledbytheEnglishJuvenal。Oldhamhadalsoimitatedit，andappliedittoLondon；