第52章

donotloveyou；youmaysettleyourselfinfullconfidencebothofmyloveandmyesteem；Iloveyouasakindman，Ivalueyouasaworthyman，andhopeintimetoreverenceyouasamanofexemplarypiety。Iholdyou，asHamlethasit，“inmyheartofhearts，“andtherefore，itislittletosay，thatIam，Sir，youraffectionatehumbleservant，’SAM。JOHNSON。’

’London，Aug。27，1775。’

*MyJournalofaTourtotheHebrides，whichthatladyreadintheoriginalmanuscript——BOSWELL。

’TOMR。ROBERTLEVET。

’Paris，*Oct。22，1775。

’DEARSIR，——Wearestillhere，commonlyverybusyinlookingaboutus。Wehavebeento-dayatVersailles。Youhaveseenit，andI

shallnotdescribeit。WecameyesterdayfromFontainbleau，wheretheCourtisnow。WewenttoseetheKingandQueenatdinner，andtheQueenwassoimpressedbyMiss，**thatshesentoneoftheGentlementoenquirewhoshewas。IfindalltruethatyouhaveevertoldmeofParis。Mr。Thraleisveryliberal，andkeepsustwocoaches，andaveryfinetable；butIthinkourcookeryverybad。Mrs。ThralegotintoaconventofEnglishnuns；andItalkedwithherthroughthegrate，andIamverykindlyusedbytheEnglishBenedictinefriars。ButuponthewholeIcannotmakemuchacquaintancehere；andthoughthechurches，palaces，andsomeprivatehousesareverymagnificent，thereisnoverygreatpleasureafterhavingseenmany，inseeingmore；atleastthepleasure，whateveritbe，mustsometimehaveanend，andwearebeginningtothinkwhenweshallcomehome。Mr。Thralecalculatesthat，asweleftStreathamonthefifteenthofSeptember，weshallseeitagainaboutthefifteenthofNovember。

*WrittenfromatourinFrancewiththeThrales，Johnson’sonlyvisittotheContinent——ED。

**MissThrale。

’IthinkIhadnotbeenonthissideoftheseafivedaysbeforeI

foundasensibleimprovementinmyhealth。Iranaraceintherainthisday，andbeatBaretti。Barettiisafinefellow，andspeaksFrench，Ithink，quiteaswellasEnglish。

’MakemycomplimentstoMrs。Williams；andgivemylovetoFrancis；

andtellmyfriendsthatIamnotlost。Iam，dearSir，youraffectionatehumble，&c。

’SAM。JOHNSON。’

ItistoberegrettedthathedidnotwriteanaccountofhistravelsinFrance；forasheisreportedtohaveoncesaid，that’hecouldwritetheLifeofaBroomstick，’so，notwithstandingsomanyformertravellershaveexhaustedalmosteverysubjectforremarkinthatgreatkingdom，hisveryaccurateobservation，andpeculiarvigourofthoughtandillustration，wouldhaveproducedavaluablework。

WhenImethiminLondonthefollowingyear，theaccountwhichhegavemeofhisFrenchtour，was，’Sir，IhaveseenallthevisibilitiesofParis，andaroundit；buttohaveformedanacquaintancewiththepeoplethere，wouldhaverequiredmoretimethanIcouldstay。IwasjustbeginningtocreepintoacquaintancebymeansofColonelDrumgold，averyhighman，Sir，headofL’EcoleMilitaire，amostcompletecharacter，forhehadfirstbeenaprofessorofrhetorick，andthenbecameasoldier。And，Sir，IwasverykindlytreatedbytheEnglishBenedictines，andhaveacellappropriatedtomeintheirconvent。’

Heobserved，’ThegreatinFranceliveverymagnificently，buttherestverymiserably。Thereisnoha

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