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Life of Johnson, Volume 5

Note 1033 — THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4.

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'Of their black cattle some are without horns, called by the Scots humble cows, as we call a bee, an humble bee, that wants a sting. Whether this difference be specifick, or accidental, though we inquired with great diligence, we could not be informed.' Johnson's Works, ix. 78.

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