I am lost without my Boswell.
[Sherlock Holmes on Dr. Watson.]
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I know not why any one but a schoolboy in his declamation should whine over the Commonwealth of Rome, which grew great only by the misery of the rest of mankind. The Romans, like others, as soon as they grew rich, grew corrupt; and in their corruption sold the lives and freedoms of themselves, and of one another.
Samuel JohnsonTags: freedom tyranny america corruption rome corrupt johnson boswell life-of-johnson
It seems to me that someone must surely take the hint and write the life of Miss McGeeney, the woman who wrote the biography of the man who wrote the biography of the man who wrote the biography of the man who wrote the biography of Boswell.
Nathanael WestPage 1 of 1.
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