J.--Well, sir, in regard to conversation I never discovered in the conversation of D. Garrick any intellectual energy, any wide grasp of thought, any extensive comprehension of mind; or that he possessed any of those powers to which _great_ could, with any degree of propriety, be applied. R.--But still---- J.--Hold, sir, I have not done--there are to be sure, in the laxity of colloquial speech, various kinds of greatness. A man may be a great tobacconist, a man may be a great painter, he may be likewise a great mimick: now you may be the one, and Garrick the other, and yet neither of you be great men. R.--But, Dr. Johnson---- J.--Hold, sir. I have often lamented how dangerous it is to investigate, and to discriminate character, to men who have no discriminative powers. R.--Garrick as a companion, I heard you say--no longer ago than last Wednesday, at Mr. Thrale’s table---- J.--You tease me, sir. Whatever you may have heard me say, no longer ago than last Wednesday, at Mr. Thrale’s table, I tell you, I do not say so now; besides, as I said before, you may not have understood me, you may not have heard me. R.--I am very sure, I heard you. J.--Besides, sir, besides, besides--do not you know--are you so ignorant as not to know that it is the highest degree of rudeness to quote a man against himself? R.--But if you differ from yourself, and give one opinion to-day---- J.--Have done, sir, the company are tired, you see, as well as myself. T’OTHER SIDE. DR. JOHNSON AND MR. GIBBON. JOHNSON.--No, sir, Garrick’s fame was prodigious, not only in England but over all Europe, even in Russia. I have been told he was a proverb; when anybody had repeated well he was called a second Garrick. GIBBON.--I think he had full as much reputation as he deserved. J.--I do not pretend to know, sir, what your meaning may be by saying he had as much reputation as he deserved; he deserved much, and he had much. G.--Why, surely, Dr. Johnson, his merit was in small things only; he had none of those qualities that make a real great man.