An age that melts in unperceiv'd decay,
And glides in modest innocence away. - Samuel Johnson
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An age that melts in unperceiv'd decay, And glides in modest innocence away.
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Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 [7 September O.S.] – 13 December 1784) was a British author, linguist and lexicographer. He is often referred to as simply Dr. Johnson in the history of literature and is regarded as the greatest man of letters in English history.
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Dr Johnson
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Dr. Johnson
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Great Moralist
No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.
Grammar, which is the art of using words properly, comprises four parts: Orthography, Etymology, Syntax, and Prosody.
