Lord Macaulay's Essay on Boswell's Life of Johnson (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Lord Macaulay's Essay on Boswell's Life of Johnson He was intended by his father for the profession Of an advocate, and studied first at Glasgow, and afterwards at the then famous university Of Utrecht, to which he went in 1763. When in Lon don in that year he made the acquaintance Of Johnson, an event Of decisive importance for his whole subsequent life. The acquaint ance was earnestly sought by himself, the desire originating in his strong literary tastes and his ardent admiration Of Johnson's writings. He spent one winter at Utrecht, and then proceeded on a tour through Germany, Switzerland and Italy, and visited Corsica with a letter of introduction from Rousseau to Paoli, with whom he contracted a warm and lasting friendship. He enthusiastically adopted the cause Of Corsican independence and after his return to Scotland published, in 1768, an Account of Corsica, with Memoirs of General Pasquale Di Paoli, which was speedily translated into several languages. Boswell became a member Of the Faculty Of Advocates in 1766, but never devoted himself with earnestness to the business Of law. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.