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WRITERS > lexicographer, critic > Samuel Johnson
ELPHINSTON. What, have...
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ELPHINSTON. What, have you not read it through? . . .
JOHNSON. No, Sir, do you read books through?
Source: Life of Johnson, (J. Boswell), Vol. II
-- Samuel Johnson, (Sep 18 1709-1784), English lexicographer, critic; He was remembered for writing the first critique of Shakespeare, 1765 and Dictionary of the English Language, 1755.