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“Curstbetheverse，howwellsoe’eritflow，Thattendstomakeoneworthymanmyfoe。“’

BOSWELL。’CurstbetheSPRING，theWATER。’JOHNSON。’Butletusconsiderwhatasadthingitwouldbe，ifwewereobligedtodrinkordoanythingelsethatmayhappentobeagreeabletothecompanywhereweare。’LANGTON。’Bythesameruleyoumustjoinwithagangofcut-purses。’JOHNSON。’Yes，Sir：butyetwemustdojusticetowine；wemustallowitthepoweritpossesses。Tomakeamanpleasedwithhimself，letmetellyou，isdoingaverygreatthing；

“Sipatriaevolumus，siNobisviverecari。“’

Iwasatthistimemyselfawater-drinker，upontrial，byJohnson’srecommendation。JOHNSON。’BoswellisaboldercombatantthanSirJoshua：hearguesforwinewithoutthehelpofwine；butSirJoshuawithit。’SIRJOSHUAREYNOLDS。’Buttopleaseone’scompanyisastrongmotive。’JOHNSON。(who，fromdrinkingonlywater，supposedeverybodywhodrankwinetobeelevated，)’Iwon’targueanymorewithyou，Sir。Youaretoofargone。’SIRJOSHUA。’Ishouldhavethoughtsoindeed，Sir，hadImadesuchaspeechasyouhavenowdone。’JOHNSON。(drawinghimselfin，and，Ireallythoughtblushing，)’Nay，don’tbeangry。Ididnotmeantooffendyou。’

SIRJOSHUA。’Atfirstthetasteofwinewasdisagreeabletome；

butIbroughtmyselftodrinkit，thatImightbelikeotherpeople。Thepleasureofdrinkingwineissoconnectedwithpleasingyourcompany，thataltogetherthereissomethingofsocialgoodnessinit。’JOHNSON。’Sir，thisisonlysayingthesamethingoveragain。’SIRJOSHUA。’No，thisisnew。’JOHNSON。’Youputitinnewwords，butitisanoldthought。Thisisoneofthedisadvantagesofwine。Itmakesamanmistakewordsforthoughts。’

BOSWELL。’Ithinkitisanewthought；atleast，itisinanewATTITUDE。’JOHNSON。’Nay，Sir，itisonlyinanewcoat；oranoldcoatwithanewfacing。(Thenlaughingheartily，)Itistheolddoginanewdoublet——Anextraordinaryinstancehowevermayoccurwhereaman’spatronwilldonothingforhim，unlesshewilldrink：THEREmaybeagoodreasonfordrinking。’

Imentionedanobleman，whoIbelievedwasreallyuneasyifhiscompanywouldnotdrinkhard。JOHNSON。’Thatisfromhavinghadpeopleabouthimwhomhehasbeenaccustomedtocommand。’BOSWELL。

’SupposingIshouldbetete-a-tetewithhimattable。’JOHNSON。

’Sir，thereisnomorereasonforyourdrinkingwithHIM，thanhisbeingsoberwithYOU。’BOSWELL。’Why，thatistrue；foritwoulddohimlesshurttobesober，thanitwoulddometogetdrunk。’

JOHNSON。’Yes，Sir；andfromwhatIhaveheardofhim，onewouldnotwishtosacrificehimselftosuchaman。Ifhemustalwayshavesomebodytodrinkwithhim，heshouldbuyaslave，andthenhewouldbesuretohaveit。Theywhosubmittodrinkasanotherpleases，makethemselveshisslaves。’Boswell。’But，Sir，youwillsurelymakeallowanceforthedutyofhospitality。A

gentlemanwholovesdrinking，comestovisitme。’JOHNSON。’Sir，amanknowswhomhevisits；hecomestothetableofasoberman。’

BOSWELL。’But，Sir，youandIshouldnothavebeensowellreceivedintheHighlandsandHebrides，ifIhadnotdrunkwithourworthyfriends。HadIdrunkwateronlyasyoudid，theywouldnothavebeensocordial。’JOHNSON。’SirWilliamTemplementionsthatinhistravelsthroughtheNetherlandshehadtwoorthreegentlemenwithhim；andwhenabumperwasnecessary，heputitonTHEM。WereItotravelagainthroughtheislands，IwouldhaveSirJoshuawithmetotakethebumpers。’BOSWELL。’But，Sir，letmeputacase。SupposeSirJoshuashouldtakeajauntintoScotland；

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