“Curstbetheverse，howwellsoe’eritflow，Thattendstomakeoneworthymanmyfoe。“’
BOSWELL。’CurstbetheSPRING，theWATER。’JOHNSON。’Butletusconsiderwhatasadthingitwouldbe，ifwewereobligedtodrinkordoanythingelsethatmayhappentobeagreeabletothecompanywhereweare。’LANGTON。’Bythesameruleyoumustjoinwithagangofcut-purses。’JOHNSON。’Yes，Sir：butyetwemustdojusticetowine；wemustallowitthepoweritpossesses。Tomakeamanpleasedwithhimself，letmetellyou，isdoingaverygreatthing；
“Sipatriaevolumus，siNobisviverecari。“’
Iwasatthistimemyselfawater-drinker，upontrial，byJohnson’srecommendation。JOHNSON。’BoswellisaboldercombatantthanSirJoshua：hearguesforwinewithoutthehelpofwine；butSirJoshuawithit。’SIRJOSHUAREYNOLDS。’Buttopleaseone’scompanyisastrongmotive。’JOHNSON。who，fromdrinkingonlywater，supposedeverybodywhodrankwinetobeelevated，’Iwon’targueanymorewithyou，Sir。Youaretoofargone。’SIRJOSHUA。’Ishouldhavethoughtsoindeed，Sir，hadImadesuchaspeechasyouhavenowdone。’JOHNSON。drawinghimselfin，and，Ireallythoughtblushing，’Nay，don’tbeangry。Ididnotmeantooffendyou。’
SIRJOSHUA。’Atfirstthetasteofwinewasdisagreeabletome；