WhenwegottoDr。Johnson’shouse，andwereseatedinhislibrary，thedialoguewentonadmirably。EDWARDS。’Sir，IrememberyouwouldnotletussayPRODIGIOUSatCollege。Foreventhen，Sir，turningtome，hewasdelicateinlanguage，andweallfearedhim。’*JOHNSON。toEdwards，’Fromyourhavingpractisedthelawlong，Sir，Ipresumeyoumustberich。’EDWARDS。’No，Sir；Igotagooddealofmoney；butIhadanumberofpoorrelationstowhomIgaveagreatpartofit。’JOHNSON。’Sir，youhavebeenrichinthemostvaluablesenseoftheword。’EDWARDS。’ButIshallnotdierich。’JOHNSON。’Nay，sure，Sir，itisbettertoLIVErichthantoDIErich。’EDWARDS。’IwishIhadcontinuedatCollege。’
JOHNSON。’Whydoyouwishthat，Sir？’EDWARDS。’BecauseIthinkIshouldhavehadamucheasierlifethanminehasbeen。Ishouldhavebeenaparson，andhadagoodliving，likeBloxamandseveralothers，andlivedcomfortably。’JOHNSON。’Sir，thelifeofaparson，ofaconscientiousclergyman，isnoteasy。Ihavealwaysconsideredaclergymanasthefatherofalargerfamilythanheisabletomaintain。IwouldratherhaveChancerysuitsuponmyhandsthanthecureofsouls。No，Sir，Idonotenvyaclergyman’slifeasaneasylife，nordoIenvytheclergymanwhomakesitaneasylife。’Heretakinghimselfupallofasudden，heexclaimed，’O!
Mr。Edwards!I’llconvinceyouthatIrecollectyou。DoyourememberourdrinkingtogetheratanalehousenearPembrokegate？
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