Life of Johnson.
THE IMPORTANCE of strict and scrupu lous veracity cannot be too often inculcated. Johnson was known to be so rigidly attentive to it. that even in his common conversation the slightest cirrumstance was mentioned with exact prec«-'ion. The knowledge of his having such a principle and habit made his friends have a perfect reliance on the truth of every tning that he told, however it might have been doubted if told by many others. As an instance of this, I may mention an odd incident which he related as having happened to him one night in Fleet Street. “ A gentlewoman (said he) begged I would give her my arm to assist her in crossing the street, which I accordingly did; upon which she offered me a shilling, supposing me to be the watchman. I perceived that she was somewhat in liquor.” This. i: told by most people, would have been thought an invention: when told by Tohnson, it was believed bv his friends as much as if they had seen what passed.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20340, 25 June 1934, Page 6
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