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Life of Johnson, Volume 4, 1780-1784

Note 462 — THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. (continued 3)

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See vol. ii. p. 459. BOSWELL. She was Hector's widowed sister, and Johnson's first love. In the previous October, writing of a visit to Birmingham, he said:—'Mrs. Careless took me under her care, and told me when I had tea enough.' Piozzi Letters, ii. 205.

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