ber's Note: There is no Footnote [j]]

[k] Mr. Boswell says, "The simple truth I had from Johnson himself.
'Sir, he was impertinent to me, and I beat him. But it was not in
his shop: it was in my own chamber.'"
[l] Dr. Johnson denies the whole of this story. See Boswell's Life, vol.
i. p. 128. oct. edit. 1804.
[m] Letter 212.
[n] See Gent. Mag. vol. lxxi. p. 190.
[o] It has since been paralleled, in the case of the Shakespeare MSS. by
a yet more vile impostor.
[p] Life of Johnson, vol. i. p.328. 4to. edit.
[q] See Gentleman's Magazine for Nov. and Dec. 1787.
[r] See Gentleman's Magazine for Dec. 1787, p. 1042.
[s] This work was not published until the year 1767, when Dr. Johnson's
Dictionary was fully established in reputation.
[t] See Scaliger's epigram on this subject, (communicated, without
doubt, by Dr. Johnson,) Gent. Mag. 1748, p. 8.
[u] See Johnson's epitaph on him, in this volume, p. 130.

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[x] Mr. Boswell's account of this introduction is very different from
the above. See his Life of Johnson, vol. i. p. 360. 8vo. edit. 1804.
[y] It is there deposited.
[z] Before this authentic communication, Mr. Nichols had given, in the
volume of the Gentleman's Magazine, for 1781, p. 370, the following
account of the Universal History. The proposals were published
October 6, 1729; and the authors of the first seven volumes were,

Vol. I. Mr. Sale, translator of the Koran. IV. The same as vol. iii.
II. George Psalmanazar. V. Mr. Bower.
III. George Psalmanazar. VI. Mr. Bower.
Archibald Bower. Rev. John Swinton.
Captain Shelvock. VII. Mr. Swinton.
Dr. Campbell. Mr. Bower.

[aa] On the subject of voluntary penance, see the Rambler, No. 110.
[bb] It is to be regretted, that he was not encouraged in this
undertaking. The assistance, however, which he gave to Davies, in
writing the Life of Garrick, has been acknowledged, in general
terms, by that writer, and, from the evidence of style, appears to
have been very considerable.
[cc] Dr. Johnson informed Mr. Boswell, that this epilogue was written by
sir William Yonge. See Boswell's Life of Johnson, vol. i. p. 469--
70. 8vo. edit. 1804. The internal evidence, that it is not
Johnson's, is very strong,