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Life of Johnson, Volume 4, 1780-1784

Note 995 — THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. (continued 6)

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This circumstance therefore alluded to in Mr. Courtenay's Poetical Character of him is strictly true. My informer was Mrs. Desmoulins, who lived many years in Dr. Johnson's house. BOSWELL. The following are Mr. Courtenay's lines:—

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