Life of Johnson (Boswell). Vol. v. Chap. ix.

I never take a nap after dinner but when I have had a bad night; and then the nap takes me.

Life of Johnson (Boswell). Vol. vi. Chap. i. 1775.

In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath.

Life of Johnson (Boswell). Vol. vi. Chap. i. 1775.

There is now less flogging in our great schools than formerly,—but then less is learned there; so that what the boys get at one end they lose at the other.

Life of Johnson (Boswell). Vol. vi. Chap. i. 1775.

There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.[372:3]

Life of Johnson (Boswell). Vol. vi. Chap. iii. 1776.

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