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It was not for me to bandy civilities with my Sovereign.

James Boswell Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) February 1767

It was not for me to bandy civilities with my Sovereign.

It was not for me to bandy civilities with my Sovereign.

It was not for me to bandy civilities with my Sovereign.

It was not for me to bandy civilities with my Sovereign.

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True, the initial ideas are in general those of an individual, but the establishment of the reality and truth is in general the work of more than one person.

Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson

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Born: September 18, 1709

Died: December 13, 1784 (aged 75)

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