Elphinston: What, have you not read it through? Johnson:...

Elphinston: What, have you not read it through?
Johnson: No, Sir, do you read books through?

James Boswell Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) 19 April 1773

Samuel Johnson Quotes

Elphinston: What, have you not read it through? Johnson: No, Sir, do you read books through?

Elphinston: What, have you not read it through? Johnson: No, Sir, do you read books through?

Elphinston: What, have you not read it through? Johnson: No, Sir, do you read books through?

Elphinston: What, have you not read it through? Johnson: No, Sir, do you read books through?