Note 1244 — THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. (continued 7)
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'To his friend Dr. Burney he said a few hours before he died, taking the Doctor's hands within his, and casting his eyes towards Heaven with a look of the most fervent piety, "My dear friend, while you live do all the good you can." Seward's Biographiana, p. 601