Note 375 — Chapter II · LEARNED LADIES IN ENGLAND FROM 1650 TO 1760 (continued 5)
Reading edition
This translation from Crousaz was published anonymously and was generally attributed to Dr. Johnson, but an article in Dr. Birch's manuscripts in the British Museum attributes it decisively to her. The note indicates also Dr. Birch's estimate of the translation: "ELISÆ CARTERÆ. S. P. D. Thomas BIRCH. Versionem tuam Examinis Crousaziani jam perlegi. Summam styli et elegantiam, et in re difficilimâ proprietatem, admiratus. (Dabam) Novemb. 27 1738." Boswell's Life of Johnson. (Everyman.) vol. I, p. 78.