Garrick and his profession have been equally indebted to each other. His
profession made him rich, and he made his profession respectable.'
Forbes's _Beattie_, Appendix CC.
[1118] See _ante_, i. 456.
[1119] See Boswell's _Hebrides_, Oct. 23.
[1120] The anniversary of the death of Charles I.
[1121] See _ante_, i. 211.
[1122] He sent a set elegantly bound and gilt, which was received as a
very handsome present. BOSWELL.
[1123] On March 10 he wrote:--'I got my _Lives_, not yet quite printed,
put neatly together, and sent them to the King; what he says of them I
know not. If the king is a Whig, he will not like them; but is any king
a Whig?' _Piozzi Letters_, ii. 43.
[1124] 'He was always ready to assist any authors in correcting their
works, and selling them to booksellers. "I have done writing," said he,
"myself, and should assist those that do write."' Johnson's _Works_
(1787), xi. 202. See _ante_, ii. 195.
[1125] In _The Rehearsal_. See _ante_, ii. 168.
[1126] Johnson wrote on Nov. 21, 1778:--'Baretti has told his musical
scheme to B---- and B---- _will neither grant the question nor deny_. He
is of opinion that if it does not fail, it will succeed, but if it does
not succeed he conceives it must fail.
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