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Life of Johnson, Volume 5

Note 290 — MONDAY, AUGUST 23.

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'Goldsmith asserted that Warburton was a weak writer. "Warburton," said Johnson, "may be absurd, but he will never be weak; he flounders well."' Stockdale's Memoirs, ii. 64. See Appendix A.

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