Citations:Xenophontic


 * 1785: The Gentleman’s Magazine, volume 55, page 969
 * On reading the whole of theſe Johnſoniana, theſe Xenophontic Apophthegms, or Memorabilia, Dr. Johnſon and Mr. Boſwell ſeem the moſt agreeable aſſociates that ever travelled together ſince the renowned Knight of La Mancha and his incomparable ‛Squire; for the Rambler, with the Don’s real virtue and knowledge, unites a much greater ſhare of ſanity, the firſt-rate talents, which all the world allows, and every power of enriching converſation: but then he muſt oracularly and magiſterially dictate; all muſt hear at an awful diſtance, for he underſtands every thing, while he declaims with ſovereign authority “in his little ſenate,” in his circle of literature, whether in the Hebrides, or in the Bolt court.