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On the praises of Mrs Thrale, he used to dwell with a peculiar delight, a paternal fondness, expressive of conscious exultation in being so intimately acquainted with her. One day, in speaking of her to Mr Harris, author of Hermes,1 and expatiating on her various perfections — the solidity of her virtues, the brilliancy of her wit, and the strength of her understanding, &c. — he quoted some lines, a stanza, I believe, but from what author I know not, with which he concluded his most eloquent eulogium, and of these I retained but the two last lines:
Virtues — of such a generous kind,
Good in the last recesses of the mind.
Johnsonian Miscellanies, II, 272–9.
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Reynolds, F. (1987). Life at Streatham V. In: Page, N. (eds) Dr Johnson. Interviews and Recollections. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08286-5_30
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