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We know a great deal about Samuel Johnson, not only from Boswell (though he came into ... showing us how the whole man can be found in the pages of his Dictionary – from his melancholy (a word which, ...

Samuel Johnson: Not only have you impecuniated my dictionary, you have also lost the chance to act as patron to the only book in the world that is even better! Blackadder: Oh. And what is that, sir?