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Sir, there is more knowledge in a letter of Richardson’s, than in all Tom Jones. - Samuel Johnson
Attribution: Samuel Johnson (1709–1784), British author, lexicographer. (Originally published 1791). Boswell’s Life of Johnson, April 6, 1772, p. 480, Oxford University Press (1980).

Categories: Author, Lexicographer, Literature, Sentimentality

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