The Beauties of Samuel Johnson LLD Author:Samuel Johnson Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: X. The mafter of the houfe fhall give notice, fix days before, to each of thofe members whoft turn of neccflary attendance is come. The notice may be in thefe... more » words : [" Sir, On - " the - of - will be your turn of prefiding at " the Effex-head ; your company is therefore earneflly " requefted."] One penny fhall be left by each member for th Nightly Rules of the Effex-head Club. I. The prefident will colleft feven-pence from each member at his entrance, marking his attendance thus "V ; and three-pence for every preceding night which is not marked againft his name in the book thus . II. The forfeits to be paid over to the landlord. The feven-pence to be confidercd as part of each member's , diftinft reckoning. III. Two letters of notice are to be forwarded each night, by the Penny-poft, to the preiidents of that day feven-night, as by lift of the members. IV. When the forfeits are paid, they mould be noted in the book thus . Lift of the mtmltrs of the Effex-head Chb, 'when firji in- Jt huted , as they ftood on the roia of monthly attendance. Dr. Johnfon, Dr. Horiley, Dr. Brocklelby, -- Jodderell, Efq; William Cooke, Efq; W. Ryland, Efq; — — Paradife, Efq; Dr. Barney, John Hoole, Efq; Francefco Saftres, Efq; Mr. Edmund Allen, Hon. Daines Barrington, James Barry, Efq; J. Wyatt, Efq; Mr.Mr. John Nicho's, Edward Poore, Efq; Rt. Hon. William Wyndham, M. P. Thomas Tyers, Efq; William Cruikfhank, Efq; W, Ssward, Efq; Richard Clarke, Efq; (now Lord Mayor of London.) William Strahan, Efq; M. P. Arthur Murphy, Efq; Dr. W. Scott. The Doandor, when his health permitted it, was-a con- ftant vifitor, and feemed to referve hi:; fpirits and con- verfation for thofe meetings, to the delight and improvement of his friends. In this car...« less