And here is yet another point of the likeness to the Johnsonian coterie.
He is severe in judgment and spells rigidly by the Johnsonian standard.
I think, sir,' in a Johnsonian manner, 'the thought is a happy one.'
The tone in which the Johnsonian "Sir" was let off, left no doubt of it.
They were what may be called a "clubable race," to borrow a Johnsonian expression.
The manner would have been Johnsonian, if not the sentiment.
It is then that one cannot help regretting the Johnsonian black cap.
The work will doubtless be received as a valuable complement to our Johnsonian literature.
In this, of course, he is following Hume, though he applies the Johnsonian argument to Berkeley's immaterialism.
It is tempting to set this down as a Johnsonian prejudice, and to deny or retort the comparison.