2).

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[Footnote 2:]

"Dr. Johnson's reply to the friend who asked him if any man

living

could have written such a book, is well known: 'Yes, sir; many men, many women, and many children.' I inquired of him myself if this story was authentic, and he said it was" (Mrs. Piozzi,

Johnsoniana

, p. 84). — [Moore.]

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