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Life of Johnson, Volume 5

Note 131 — TUESDAY, AUGUST 17.

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One of Garrick's correspondents speaks of 'the sneer of one of Johnson's ghastly smiles.' Garrick Corres. i. 334. 'Ghastly smile' is borrowed from Paradise Lost, ii. 846.

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