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...he produced to me. I looked into it, and saw its merit; told the landlady I should soon return, and having gone to a bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds....his landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill.26 Johnson's story would be strong corroborative evidence of authorship if there was any doubt... | |
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