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 Ciceronian Dr. King of Oxford, which was given him by his friend Vansittart x. It answers the purposes of reading and writing, by night or by day ; and is as valuable in all respects as the chair of Ariosto, as delineated in the preface to Hoole's liberal translation of that poet. Since the rounding of this period intelligence is brought that this literary chair is purchased by Mr. Hoole. Relicks are venerable things, and are only not to be worshipped. On the reading-chair of Mr. Speaker Onslow a part of this historical sketch was written 2.

1 Johnson wrote from Oxford in 348. For Dr. King see ib. i. 279,

1759 : ' I have proposed to Van- n. 5.

sittart climbing over the wall ; but 2 Speaker Onslow's copy of John- he has refused me. And I have son's Dictionary is the one I have clapped my hands till they are sore used in writing my notes on Boswell at Dr. King's speech.' Life, i. and Johnson.

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