The passage quoted by Dr. Johnson is in the Character of the Assembly-man; Butler's Remains, p. 232, edit.

p. 640, enumerates it among that gentleman's works, and gives the following account of it: 'The Assembly-man (or the character of an assembly-man) written 1647, Lond.

p. 640, enumerates it among that gentleman's works, and gives the following account of it: 'The Assembly-man (or the character of an assembly-man) written 1647, Lond.

In 1660 appeared "The Character of Italy" and "The Character of Spain;" in 1661, "Essays and Characters by L. G.;" in 1662-63, "The Assembly-Man" a Character that had been written by Sir John Birkenhead in 1647.