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160 Narrative by John Hoole.

son at Mr. Braithwaite's^[1], and at night my servant brought me word that my dearest friend died that evening about seven o'clock: and next morning I went to the house, where I met Mr. Seward^[2]; we went together into the chamber, and there saw the most awful sight of Dr. Johnson laid out in his bed, without life!

1. 'That amiable and friendly man, who, with modest and unassuming manners, has associated with many of the wits of the age.' Life, iv. 278.
2. Life, iii. 123.