...for it no less than £135,000 at the auction, whereat he made this remarkably Johnsonian speech : " We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats,...potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice." LONDON BRIDGE. More than a hundred years ago, ie, before 1750, the only bridge across the Thames was...

...profession that you should catch the spirit of Dr. Johnson when, at the sale of Thrale's brewery, he said " We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats,...potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice." Let us consider the potentiality of our Free Libraries in relation to our national education. The Education...

...which he attended as an executor, though often quoted, are worthy of repetition: 'We »re not hereto sell a parcel of boilers and vats, but the potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice.' Two vats are shown, each of which can contain 3300 barrels of liquor. The water used in brewing is...

...ink-horn and pen in his button-hole, like an excise-man ; and on being asked what he really considered to be the value of the property which was to be disposed of, answered, ' We arc not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats, but the potentiality of growing rich, beyond the...

...occasion of the sale, which he attended as an executor, though often quoted , are worthy of repetition: 'We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats, hut the potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice.' Two vats are shown, each of which...

...an amount, had faith, no doubt, in Dr. Johnson's remarks, who, as one of Thrale's executors, said, " We are not here to sell a parcel of Boilers and Vats,...potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice." Dr. Johnson was not wanting in philosophic counsel to the purchaser (who, like his ancestor, the Apologist,...

...ink-horn and pen in his button-hole, like an exciseman ; and on being asked what he really considered to be the value of the property which was to be disposed of, answered, " We 1 Mrs. Piozzi states that Johnson's ever to happen ! . . . . Johnson, howfondness for Thrale " had...

...ink-horn and pen in his buttonhole, like an exciseman; and on being asked what he really considered to be the value of the property, which was to be disposed...beyond the dreams of avarice." ' On Friday, April 6, 2 he carried me to dine at a club, which, at his desire, had been lately formed at the Queen's Arms...

...ink-horn and pen in his buttonhole, like an exciseman ; and on being asked what he really considered to be the value of the property, which was to be disposed...beyond the dreams of avarice." ' On Friday, April 6,2 he carried me to dine at a club, which, at his desire, had been lately formed at the Queen's Arms...

...occasion of the sale, which he attended as an executor , though often quoted , are worthy of repetition : 'We are not here to sell a parcel of boilers and vats,...potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice.' Two vats are shown, each of which can contain 3300 barrels of liquor. The water used in brewing is...