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For my own part I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be suppressed: and that a good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation.

Source: Entry for 19 June 1784; Life of Samuel Johnson, 1791.
-- James Boswell, (Oct 18 1740-1795), Scottish lawyer, biographer; He wrote Life of [Samual] Johnson, 1791 which is the best-known biography in the English language.


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