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Life of Johnson, Volume 4, 1780-1784

Note 927 — THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. (continued 5)

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AURENGZEBE, act iv. sc. 1. BOSWELL. According to Dr. Maxwell (ante, ii. 124), Johnson frequently quoted the fourth couplet of these lines. Boswell does not give the last—

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