to understand that he meant to remove the cause of their discontent; but bade them first view that lady, whom he held with his left hand, and say whether any of them, possessed of a jewel so rare and precious, would for any cause forego her; to which they answered that he had great reason for his affection toward her. To this the emperor replied that he would convince them that he was yet master of himself. And having so said, presently, with one of his hands catching the fair Greek by the hair of the head, and drawing his falchion with the other, he, at one blow, struck off her head, to the great terror of them all; and having so done, he said unto them, "Now by this judge whether your emperor is able to bridle his affections or not."--Hawkins's _Life of Johnson_. =17= 20-21. =Tatler, Spectator.= It is to be hoped that the reader needs no introduction to these papers or to the account of them in Macaulay's essay on Addison. =17= 30. =Rambler.= A suitable title for a series of moral discourses? At the time of the undertaking he composed a prayer to the effect that he might in this way promote the glory of Almighty God and the salvation both of himself and others.--_Prayers and Meditations_, p. 9, quoted by Boswell. =17= 31-32. Boswell considers it a strong confirmation of the truth of Johnson's remark that "a man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it," that "notwithstanding his constitutional indolence, his depression of spirits, and his labour in carrying on his Dictionary, he answered the stated calls of the press twice a week from the stores of his mind during all that time." =17= 34. =Richardson.= Samuel Richardson. When he was a boy, the girls employed him to write love letters for them; and his novels, written in after life, also took the form of letters. He wrote _Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded_; _Clarissa Harlowe, or the History of a Young Lady_; and _The History of Sir Charles Grandison_ (about 1750). Johnson called him "an author who has enlarged the knowledge of human nature and taught the passions to move at the command of virtue." =18= 2. =Young.= Johnson held a high opinion of Edward Young's most famous work, _Night Thoughts_, and Boswell writes, "No book whatever can be recommended to young persons, with better hopes of seasoning their minds with _vital religion_, than Young's _Night Thoughts_."--=Hartley.= David Hartley, prominent as a psychologist, and as a physician benevolent and studious. For intimate friends he chose such men as Warburton and Young. =18= 3. =Dodington.= A member of Parliament who patronized men of letters and was complimented by Young and Fielding.