Samuel Johnson Quote

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


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?