wouldnotargueanyfarther；butIwasconfidentthatIwasintheright。Iwould，induetime，beaNestor，anelderofthepeople；
andthereSHOULDbesomedifferencebetweentheconversationoftwenty-eightandsixty-eight。Agravepictureshouldnotbegay。
Thereisaserene，solemn，placidoldage。JOHNSON。’Mrs。
Thrale’smothersaidofmewhatflatteredmemuch。Aclergymanwascomplainingofwantofsocietyinthecountrywherehelived；andsaid，“TheytalkofRUNTS；“thatis，youngcows。“Sir，saidMrs。Salusbury，Mr。Johnsonwouldlearntotalkofrunts：“meaningthatIwasamanwhowouldmakethemostofmysituation，whateveritwas。’Headded，’Ithinkmyselfaverypoliteman。’
OnSaturday，May2，IdinedwithhimatSirJoshuaReynolds’s，wheretherewasaverylargecompany，andagreatdealofconversation；butowingtosomecircumstancewhichIcannotnowrecollect，Ihavenorecordofanypartofit，exceptthattherewereseveralpeopletherebynomeansoftheJohnsonianschool；sothatlessattentionwaspaidtohimthanusual，whichputhimoutofhumour；anduponsomeimaginaryoffencefromme，heattackedmewithsuchrudeness，thatIwasvexedandangry，becauseitgavethosepersonsanopportunityofenlarginguponhissupposedferocity，andilltreatmentofhisbestfriends。Iwassomuchhurt，andhadmypridesomuchroused，thatIkeptawayfromhimforaweek；and，perhaps，mighthavekeptawaymuchlonger，nay，gonetoScotlandwithoutseeinghimagain，hadnotwefortunatelymetandbeenreconciled。Tosuchunhappychancesarehumanfriendshipsliable。