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I gleaned jests...

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I gleaned jests at home from obsolete farces.

Source: Rambler, no. 141 (London, 23 July 1751).
-- 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.


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