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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 4030 |
| AUTHOR: | Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) |
| QUOTATION: | Wretched un-idea’d girls. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Life of Johnson (Boswell). 1 Vol. i. Chap. x. 1752. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| Note 1. From the London edition, 10 volumes, 1835. Dr. Johnson, it is said, when he first heard of Boswell’s intention to write a life of him, announced, with decision enough, that if he thought Boswell really meant to write his life he would prevent it by taking Boswell’s!—Thomas Carlyle: Miscellanies, Jean Paul Frederic Richter. [back] |
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