\"Thrifty\"isahardwordtoapplytoherwhomSteelestyled，intheyearbeforeherdeath，his\"charminglittleinsolent。\"ShewasillinWales，andhe，athome，weptuponherpillow，and\"tookittobeasintogotosleep。\"Thriftytheymaycallher，andaccurateiftheywill；butsheliesinWestminsterAbbey，andSteelecalledher\"yourPrueship。\"
MRS。JOHNSON
Thispapershallnotbeheaded\"Tetty。\"WhatmaybeagracefulenoughfreedomwiththewivesofothermenshallbeprohibitedinthecaseofJohnson’s，shewithwhosenamenowriteruntilnowhasscrupledtotakefreedomswheretoallgraceswerelacking。\"Tetty\"
itshouldnotbe，iffornootherreason，forthis——thatthechanceofwriting\"Tetty\"asatitleisakindoffacileliteraryopportunity；itshallbedenied。TheEssayowesthusmuchamendsofdeliberatecaretoDr。Johnson’swife。But，indeed，thereasonisgraver。Whatwishwouldhehavehadbutthatthelanguageinthemakingwhereofhetooknoignoblepartshouldsomewhere，atsometime，treathisonlyfriendwithordinaryhonour？
MenwhowouldtrustDr。Johnsonwiththeirorthodoxy，withtheirvocabulary，andwiththemostintimatevanityoftheirhumanwishes，refuse，witheverymarkofinsolence，totrusthiminregardtohiswife。Onthatonepointnoreverenceispaidtohim，nodeference，norespect，notsomuchasthecreditduetoourcommonsanity。YetheisnotreviledonaccountofhisThrale——nor，indeed，ishisThralenowseriouslyreproachedforherPiozzi。ItistruethatMacaulay，preparinghimselfandhisreader\"inhiswell-knownway\"