...father-in-law. Macaulay (Essays, i. 407) says: — 'As we close Boswell's book, the club-room is before us, and the table on which stands the omelet for Nugent, and the lemons for Johnson.' It was from Mrs. Piozzi that Macaulay learnt of the omelet. Nugent was a Roman Catholic, and it was...

...father-in-law. Macaulay (Essays, i. 407) says: — 'As we close Boswell's book, the club-room is before us, and the table on which stands the omelet for Nugent, and the lemons for Johnson.' It was from Mrs. Piozzi that Macaulay tearnt of the omelet. Nugent was a Roman Catholic, and it was...

...gratitude, that he has induced us to read Boswell's book again. As we close it, the club-room is before us, and the table on which stands the omelet for Nugent,...are assembled those heads which live for ever on the canvass of Reynolds. There are the spectacles of Burke, and the tall thin form of Langton ; the courtly...

...the very letter. ' As we close this book,' say the Edinburgh reviewers, ' the club-room is before us, and the table on which stands the omelet for Nugent,...assembled those heads, which live for ever on the canvass of Reynolds. There are the spectacles of Burke, and the tall thin form of Langten ; the courtly...

...Nugent, and the lemons for Johnson. There are assembled those heads which live forever on the canvass of Reynolds. There are the spectacles of Burke, and the tall thin form of Langton ; the courtly saeer of Beauclerk, and the beaming smile of Garrick; Gibbon tapping his snuffbox, and Sir Joshua with...

...Nugent, and the lemons for Johnson. There are assembled those heads which live forever on the canvass of Reynolds. There are the spectacles of Burke, and the tall thin form of Laugton ; the courtly sneer of Beauclerk, and the beaming smile of Garrick ; Gibbon tapping his snuffbox,...

...the very letter. ' As we close this book,' say the Edinburgh reviewers, ' the club-room is before us, and the table on which stands the omelet for Nugent,...assembled those heads, which live for ever on the canvass of Keynolds. There are the spectacles of Burke; and the tall thin form of Laiiglon ; the courtly...

...gratitude, that he has induced us to read Boswell's book again. As we close it, the club-room is before us, of Tuscan literature. The poetry of Milton differs...from that of Dante, as the hieroglyphics of Egypt forever on the canvass of Reynolds. There are the spectacles of Burke and the tall thin form of Langton...

...IN a paper in the Edinburgh Review, we find this cabinet picture : — The club-room is before us, and the table, on which stands the omelet for Nugent,...Beauclerc, and the beaming smile of Garrick ; Gibbon topping his snuffbox, and Sir Joshua with his trumpet in his ear. In the foreground is that strange...

...where else will you see such horses and such men?" DR. JOHNSON'S CLUB-ROOM. The club-room is before us, and the table on which stands the omelet for Nugent,...assembled those heads which live for ever on the canvas of Eeynolds. There are the spectacles of Burke, and the tall thin form of Langton ; the courtly sneer...